There was only one Canadian-based option that showed it had the technological and scientific ability to develop a vaccine. The minority position that Philip Morris had in it did not advance the interests of tobacco or nicotine. It certainly was a viable option in order to save hundreds of millions of lives in the moment that we were dealing with, when we did not know whether or not we would have any vaccine and when we were all worried for our families and loved ones.
I think the decision made to make sure that the country had a vaccine was the right decision.