Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is for Mr. Culbert.
You said earlier that everything was going according to plan and that, to that extent, the measures had to be proportional to the threat, because there might be a low level of buy-in and support for the measures being taken.
However, when Quebec declared a health state of emergency, there were only 17 cases of infection and no deaths. In Canada, there were 176 cases and only one death. Right now, Quebec is considered one of the champions of lockdown measures and adherence to lockdown and social distancing. Nevertheless, we are the leader in terms of the number of infections and cases, and deaths are concentrated in living environments such as CHSLDs.
Especially with regard to the rationing of personal protective equipment, how do you explain the fact that after the SARS crisis we were unable to cope with the pandemic, with our national stockpile depleted? What role did your association play, from the SARS episode to the present day, to put us in such a situation?