Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, everybody, for being here today. It's greatly appreciated that you're taking the time to do this, to discuss these issues.
I'm going to follow on a bit more with what Mr. Davies was talking about on the issue of what was a step forward back in 2003. Basically, after SARS we developed the Public Health Agency to monitor all across Canada. What I'm hearing from you, Ms. Silas, as well as you, Dr. Drummond, is that we have some gaps here. There appears to be no apparent public health measures being put forward, or the ones that are there are not being followed.
I believe, Dr. Buchman, you said that we were caught “flat-footed”. I'm wondering where the guidance is here. Is there any guidance at all, and do you see it that way?