Mr. Chair, I believe that the hon. member is talking about a possible plan to purchase a new generation of vaccine, a second generation of vaccine.
After looking at the second generation of vaccine a decision was made to stick with the existing and time tested first generation vaccine, of which we have over six million doses available which I understand can be diluted perhaps even 10 times to deal with the issue.
I am told by our public health officer, Dr. David Butler-Jones, that the six million vaccines that we have are currently available. Some of them were manufactured back in the 1970s.