Mr. Speaker, people need to understand that this new building will not be ready until 2022. There will be no vaccines for this pandemic.
However, companies like PnuVax in Montreal raised their hand last year and said that they could quickly get facilities up and running and produce vaccines if asked to do so. They did not even get a call back. There are also other companies, such as Providence Therapeutics in Toronto.
Could the Prime Minister explain why he is not prepared and why he did not negotiate with these companies earlier?