Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Matthews, about two months ago, members from all parties on this committee expressed grave concerns about the number of ventilators in Canada. At that time, we estimated that we had about 5,000 ventilators across the country. Of course, we were all struck by the tragic images of doctors in Italy and other places having to make terrible decisions about which patient got access to a ventilator. I'm grateful to hear in your statement that orders have been placed for more than 30,000 ventilators from various companies, including some Canadian ones.
We expressed concerns about this a couple of months ago. I'm wondering if you can give us a timeline—at least be as specific as you can—for when those ventilators might be received and put to use in Canada.