In the paragraph that you're referencing, we were recommending improving the IT infrastructure around the gathering and assessment of health surveillance data, an item that had been flagged for many years as having some issues in the agency.
We saw throughout the audit that the data that comes from the provinces comes in inconsistent formats, and in some instances, incompatible formats. We saw that information needed to be cut and pasted, or it was difficult for it to be converted to meet the requirements of the system being used at the agency.
We also saw that the IT system lacked some of the capacity to handle the volume they were expecting to receive of health data throughout this crisis.
It's about making sure that you have a clear understanding with provincial and territorial counterparts about what data, and how you're going to share that data, and then making sure that the system has the capacity to treat it all. It wasn't about the broader systems within the agency, but really about the one linked to health surveillance. I do think it's a key and essential component in formulating the response to a pandemic, especially one like COVID-19, which has evolved and changed so much throughout the past year.