Mr. Stewart, in paragraph 8.62 in the Auditor General's report it states:
We found that for more than 10 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency had identified gaps in its existing infrastructure but had not implemented solutions to improve it. In its last 2 strategic plans for surveillance, the agency identified several capacity deficiencies in the information technology infrastructure used to support its public health surveillance activities....
How could this be allowed to happen? Did PHAC underestimate the importance of addressing these deficiencies?