Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I completely agree with my Bloc colleague. This committee has been seeking the vaccine contracts in unredacted form so that we can understand what was in those contracts and what kinds of deals were made between the government and vaccine manufacturers. The government didn't want those contracts brought forward.
We agreed to hear from vaccine manufacturers. We tried to get an explanation from them about what exactly they wanted to hide from members of Parliament in these contracts. They did not provide any credible explanation for what they wanted to hide. In the wake of that testimony, the committee agreed unanimously to a motion ordering the production of those unredacted documents within a certain timeline.
We provided a reasonable timeline to provide those documents, but clearly the government knew this was coming. They had a lot of time to prep and to hand over these documents. These are documents that they have. They provided them in redacted form, but we need them in unredacted form. We're still waiting.
Again, it begs the question: What is in these vaccine contracts that the government is so desperate to hide from 10 members of Parliament who will look at these contracts in camera? The committee unanimously ordered the production of these documents. It's outrageous that the government is continuing to try to bury them. We need these contracts forthwith, and I think the committee should prepare the necessary steps so that we can move forward on Thursday with this. I hope there's a consensus to do that.