I think there's absolutely a role for the government to support infrastructure, be it through Crown corporations or otherwise, for what could be termed “essential industries” for a country. Vaccines, to me, appear to be one such essential industry. I would imagine that this is a high priority, because if there's another pandemic, we may be in the same situation.
There are other essential industries, as well, for example, across medical.... We don't have a very large medical device ecosystem in Canada either. We typically tend to buy all of our equipment from the U.S. or elsewhere. During the pandemic, we also felt acute shortages, for example, of ventilators and simple X-ray equipment.
Absolutely, this is something that should be part of a wider discussion of what a critical industry and critical infrastructure for Canada is, and then how we should go about looking at investing, be it through a Crown corporation or some other similar mechanism, to ensure that we have access.