In support of what Dr. Ellis said, I think it's really important to have the minister here, because ultimately he was the person who had to sign off as the minister—he's been the minister for 34 months—on these contracts. Officials would have made the recommendations. He's ultimately accountable for the $150 million that's being paid out now to the contract. He's accountable for the $223 million that was committed to go in. While the Minister of Health has a role in the process of whether or not the vaccine works, the industry minister is the one who had to fund it.
Officials aren't accountable for the dollars. Ultimately, it's the minister. I would encourage members to please keep the industry minister there. We won't have a chance, as I said, to look at this in the industry committee. We're going to be dealing with PIPEDA and Bill C-27 until February or March.