Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On February 18th, 2021. See this statement in context.

February 18th, 2021 / 11:20 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

I have a follow-up question.

I'm a layperson and I respect your expertise. When I look at the Novavax deal, though, I'm thankful we're going to be producing vaccine and building up that domestic supply, but in terms of that timeline from announcement to manufacturing processes being up and running, is it possible that had we in July said we're going to license AstraZeneca, we're going to move it to the NRC, we're going to copy what the U.K. has done effectively in some respects, we would have that supply, say, today? Do you think it's possible?

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