Thank you.
Well, I must say that I'm left with some confusion about AstraZeneca, whether Canada is not manufacturing here because we don't have the capacity to do so or because we didn't negotiate the right to do so.
Amir Attaran testified at health committee this week. He said:
...the National Research Council knows how to make vaccines. Its brilliant scientists were the world’s first to fully deploy an adenovirus-vectored vaccine (for rabies) ahead of any pharmaceutical company. Why can’t the federal government seal a licensing deal with AstraZeneca to make its adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccine for Canadians using the NRC’s equipment?
First, is the reason the NRC isn't producing the AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada because they don't have the capacity to do so, or because we didn't negotiate the right to do so?