Thank you, Ms. Hogan.
You're taking the words right out of my mouth. You say prevention is better than cure. I would like to add that governing is planning. But we have not foreseen anything in the last 20 years. Before we decide to act, we really wait for a catastrophe to happen and for it to blow up in our faces.
At the same time, you have raised an important alert about the Public Health Agency of Canada's transmission of data to its partners in the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, where Canada has played a leading role for decades.
The previous government cut investments in scientific research, literally muzzled government scientists, and eliminated their independent thinking and policy role. In your opinion, is there a causal link between this attitude of the previous government and some of the problems revealed by your report?