Thank you very much, Chair.
Monsieur Cloutier, I'm not sure if you remember, but we were supposed to meet on Friday, March 13, when essentially all hell broke loose, and obviously we were not able to hold that meeting.
I would like to pursue the line of questioning that a number of my colleagues have been pursuing. It's essentially this. You have recommended a pandemic preparedness council and a greater role for the federal government. You've referenced the fact there was a minister of state for public health; in fact it was the Hon. Carolyn Bennett, from 2003 to 2006, post-SARS. I was the medical officer of health for York region at the time, so I remember that vividly.
In an ideal world, how would you see our going forward, given all of your experience in government, in organizing this pandemic preparedness council? What sort of authority would it have? It's all very well to talk about coordination and collaboration with provinces, but what compels provinces to comply? Could you describe what, in an ideal world, you would like to see take place?