We have enough time if we act urgently.
One of the really disappointing things thus far from the federal government and PHAC is that we have not acted urgently to ensure we had enough PPE. For example, in late December, Alberta bought a huge quantity of N95 respirators. PHAC and Ottawa sat on their hands. Federally, we didn't begin to buy in large scale until March, and by that time, as you have heard, it was like the wild west in trying to buy N95s. We lost that opportunity. We have to move urgently. We have to create a domestic supply and we also have to look at alternatives, because N95s are not the only way to protect health care workers. There are P100s and other types of equipment that should be looked at on an urgent basis so that we have enough equipment.
For example, we were talking about technology. There have been some efforts to begin creating new types of equipment, and we have to move quickly.
Thank you.