I think the truth, and frankly, it's evident in the way you posed your question, is that your interest is a partisan interest. Your interest is to play games with a matter of national security and not to give me the opportunity to contextualize the circumstance. I think that's unfortunate. I think it's unfortunate that we've moved to a place where matters of national security are used as partisan footballs.
Yes, it is deeply disturbing that these Canadian citizens, who were eminent scientists, behaved the way they did. PHAC acted appropriately, and they were fired.