I would go even further than the report. I feel this is a national security emergency, if you look at it from a 30,000-foot level. Ultimately, our elected government is responsible and charged with safeguarding the health and safety of Canadians. The Public Health Agency is supposed to do that work on its behalf.
Despite the serious and persistent issues you clearly outlined, I wasn't able to find in your report or anywhere else a clear ministerial or prime ministerial directive during or since the COVID-19 pandemic to address this—not from the current Prime Minister, Prime Minister Trudeau or any health or public safety minister. I could not find a single elected Liberal in charge throughout the last number of years who has mandated and overseen the significant improvements that are needed.
In short, is it correct to say that Canada has remained woefully unprepared in terms of our emergency preparedness capacity regarding medical supplies since the COVID-19 pandemic? Would you agree that we are unprepared if that happens again?