Madam Chair, I thank the minister for her answer.
I would have liked to know whether the government has estimated the cost of a one-month delay. The minister said that there were still too many unknowns to carry out an accurate assessment, but I think that this piece of information, as imperfect as it may be, would be important to consider when assessing the options available.
Furthermore, as she said, we still do not know how long immunity will last with a potential vaccine.
Can the minister tell me whether the government is looking into manufacturing vaccines in Quebec and in Toronto, instead of simply buying them from the United States or somewhere else in the world? It could be the three vaccines we are talking about or any others that may be developed later in the year. By manufacturing them in Canada, we would be less bound by the timelines of multinational corporations that do not have labs here.