Madam Chair, again, I thank my hon. colleague for his question.
This is a very important issue. Canada is, of course, committed to ensuring equitable distribution of vaccines around the world. That is precisely why Canada was one of the founders of the COVAX mechanism a year ago, investing the initial $25 million. Since then, we have been one of its biggest funders, having injected more than $350 million to enable COVAX to purchase vaccines.
As the Prime Minister said this past December, once Canada finds itself with surplus vaccine, it will distribute doses to the rest of the world. I could say more, but the Chair is signalling that I am out of time.