Thank you. Okay.
Evidence of meeting #7 for Health in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
A video is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #7 for Health in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
A video is available from Parliament.
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President, Public Health Agency of Canada
—and in order for them to be ready, Mr. Chair, we—
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Liberal
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
I only have three minutes.
Thank you.
Just to build on my colleague Mr. Davies' questions, Alberta Minister of Health Tyler Shandro tweeted out about a day ago that they would be slated to receive 465,000 doses of this vaccine in the first quarter of 2021.
Mr. Lucas, is he wrong?
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Conservative
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President, Public Health Agency of Canada
Okay.
As I was mentioning in response to your previous question, we have a discussion going on with the provinces around how we will do the rollout. In order to have that discussion, we have to have discussions about the number of doses that would be available, and that's the figure of six million. Then, I think, different provinces, in order to prepare and do their preparations, are working out what they take to be a rough estimate of what they expect to receive.
As the minister indicated, the actual discussions about—
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President, Public Health Agency of Canada
—the allocations, Mr. Chair, have not yet been completed, and those discussions are ongoing at this time.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
So, Mr. Stewart, they tweeted out or announced information that was incorrect, in your opinion.
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President, Public Health Agency of Canada
I think until the allocations settle out it's hard to know whether their estimation is correct or not.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
Okay.
Are provinces going to be receiving allocations on a per capita basis or on other criteria?
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President, Public Health Agency of Canada
The minister mentioned in her remarks that we have had a number of instances where we do provide material out to the provinces. You'll remember testing and personal protective equipment, as examples. In those instances, usually it was a mix of per capita and some other considerations, but we're not there yet. Those discussions are still under way. Certainly—
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Conservative
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President, Public Health Agency of Canada
Which other criteria? Do you mean the other considerations in addition to per capita?
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President, Public Health Agency of Canada
That's part of the current discussion that is under way.
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Conservative
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President, Public Health Agency of Canada
I don't know that I can speak to when this would be brought to this committee.
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Conservative
Michelle Rempel Conservative Calgary Nose Hill, AB
I'm sorry. I'll ask it in a different way. When will those considerations be completed?
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President, Public Health Agency of Canada
We're having those discussions with the provinces now and they're progressing very well. It's a very constructive discussion, so we're hopeful in the near term.
