Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague raised many important questions.
Could the member comment on why the government ordered the vaccine so late in the year? It ordered the pandemic vaccine in August. That was after other countries had ordered it. Then the government gambled on the date of when the second wave might hit. It was preparing for November.
What if this had happened earlier, as in the past? What if it had hit in September and October? What would the government have done to protect the health of Canadians in that gap period?
The importance of having a pandemic plan is to update it as required. Why did the government choose to use only one company and only one production line?