Madam Chair, I'll start by saying that as we started to look at all those aspects that were captured as recommendations from the internal audit in 2011 and earlier, we continued to work to develop the national emergency strategic stockpile policy in 2012 and the NESS optimization plan in 2013. This really outlined the mandate of the NESS and the prioritization.
We actually continued to show progress, working with our partners in provinces and territories. That work has built onto having a good framework or a good baseline as to what we can now move on, in terms of the lessons learned from the current pandemic.
In response to this audit, we are really focused on building on those efforts that we had made earlier. We continue to work with PTs to make sure there's an active deployment of supplies and a life-cycle management of the commodities, as well as making sure that the NESS has maximized the effective use of that PPE within its lifespan.
Certainly we continue to work on that, Madam Chair. We strive to have a robust system that we can build in response to the recommendations from the OAG.