Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his question. Let me set the record straight: On March 11, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic; on March 23, 12 days later, we announced $192 million to support the biomanufacturing sector; on April 23, we announced an additional $600 million. Approximately one month after the pandemic was declared, we were investing more than $800 million to support biomanufacturing in Canada, including Quebec companies such as Medicago, in which we invested more than $170 million to provide vaccines to Canadians in the future.
In the House of Commons on February 16th, 2021. See this statement in context.