Mr. Chair, last week the nuclear medicine physicians told us that they were at 10% supply of technetium. Lantheus had negotiated a supply deal with Israel to get the doctors the isotopes that they needed but it was turned down by Health Canada.
Why was this turned down and why did the minister not have influence over the health minister in that I believe it is the minister's responsibility to source the isotopes during this crisis? Why, after two and a half years of this crisis, has the minister still failed to secure a stable supply?