Madam Speaker, let us get the facts straight.
We knew from the start that we had to rely on the best scientists to determine which vaccines could be used in Canada and what investments we needed to make to have a biomanufacturing industry in Canada.
That is why we established the COVID-19 vaccine task force and therapeutics task force, which are made up of of scientific experts and industry leaders, to guide our decision-making. They made vital recommendations about the international vaccines we should select, resulting in advance purchase agreements with several companies and investments—