Mr. Speaker, I believe that this is a topic of interest to all Canadians, and rightly so. They should know that smallpox is not a local problem. It is a global one.
I am very pleased to say that yesterday, and the day before, at the OECD conference with health ministers from some 30 countries, this was one of the items on the agenda: specifically, how we could work together in the event of such an attack. Such an attack is highly improbable but we must still be ready anyway.
These are measures taken by the government. This conference was requested by the Minister of Health—