Patty Hajdu at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 2nd, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 2nd, 2021 / 12:35 p.m.

Liberal

Patty Hajdu Liberal Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON

I can't speak to the decisions on the Innovation, Science and Economic Development end. I would suggest that those are good questions for Minister Champagne about how decisions were made.

I will just say that the vaccine task force has been providing advice prior to any vaccine submitting for regulatory review. In fact, of the candidates they selected, as I mentioned, five of them now have applied for regulatory approval. Two of them have been approved. In fact, one was a Canadian company. Medicago is showing a great degree of promise, as I mentioned before.

I'm very grateful for the early and very thorough work of the vaccine task force, which I think has put Canada in good stead.

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