Mr. Chair, I am no medical expert but I understand that this kind of vaccine can only be produced once there is a strain available and we know what strain it is going to be. These are very difficult issues. They are science based issues. That is why we have the chief public health officer. That is why we have the Public Health Agency. It is absolutely independent in making those kinds of decisions. They are the right people to make those decisions. Politicians as government will pay whatever cost there is to make the right decisions and execute them.
In the House of Commons on November 23rd, 2004. See this statement in context.