I want to begin with what I believe to be a summary of the findings, and then I'll ask Ms. Hogan to comment.
Essentially, government inaction led to lack of preparedness. There were key elements of a pandemic response that were not in place, including things as basic as ensuring that PHAC received timely, complete and accurate information about COVID-19 cases. PHAC failed to conduct formal pandemic risk assessments once required to do so, which was a serious error that led to systematically underrating the risk until we were already in a full-blown pandemic, which was a fatal mistake. PHAC failed to prepare for nationwide quarantine measures, which led to wholly inadequate capacities to follow up with travellers and with law enforcement agencies.
Ms. Hogan, you referenced SARS and H1N1. We heard my colleague talk about perhaps there being too much red tape and bureaucracy. I would argue that scientists are in our bureaucracy, and that based on our own knowledge, reports and recommendations, all of this was ignored.
Would you care to comment on what I have summarized as principal failures? Would you agree with them, and would you care to expand on them?