Thank you so much, Mr. Chair. It's a pleasure to be back before the committee, in this instance to address supplementary estimates (C).
I would be remiss if I didn't start by thanking Dr. Stephen Lucas. Many of you have heard that Dr. Lucas is retiring. Dr. Lucas's incredible leadership is a massive part of why we had the incredible pandemic response that we had. He leads an extraordinary team of officials. It has been my extraordinary pleasure over these last eight months to work alongside him. He will be sorely missed, but on behalf of all Canadians, I want to thank him profoundly for his contributions to our country and to health.