Thank you, Chair.
This question is for Mr. Matthews. It builds on my colleague Don Davies's questions.
An email was just released to the House of Commons committee in a document dump for one of the motions we had in the House of Commons. It's from a Rick Theis, on September 24, 2020. It states, “On [AstraZeneca], folks are reviewing a final MOU right now. Basics are 20 million doses, delivery to start in late Q2/early Q3, and all doses by end of 2021. Price per dose is $8.18.”
Mr. Matthews, why did Canada pay almost double the price of any other country for the AstraZeneca vaccine?