Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you very much, Dr. Kochhar, for being with us today and answering these very important questions. I know this is a difficult line of questioning, but let me return to the previous line of questioning I was mentioning regarding accountability.
Section 10.31 of this report says:
In response to the 2010 internal audit, the agency developed the National Strategic Stockpile Policy in 2012—
You mentioned this earlier.
—to clarify the stockpile's role and objective. We found that, despite the requirement for “regular updates,” the policy had not been updated since its development and [it] contained outdated information.
Further, section 10.32 states;
The National Emergency Strategic Stockpile optimization plan outlines governance and authorities, as well as the composition, deployment, management, and procurement of inventory. We found that it too had not been updated since its development in 2013 and included outdated and unclear information as well.
Despite a clear need for regular updates, PHAC's NESS policy and optimization plan hadn't been updated since 2013.
How do you explain this major failure with PHAC?