Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  In general, in response to the question, I would indicate that delivery of PPE in many cases is already well under way. It would depend on the product and the—

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, based on the best available information, close to 700 manufacturers in Canada will, in some way over the course of this, turn to supply for Canadian needs—

Government Operations committee  Among the firms that I was referencing, the 700 in total, a small portion would be expected to receive grants or other incentives beyond the contracts themselves, which obviously is the most important matter—

Health committee  Among the departments—the Public Health Agency, us, CIHR—and also involving the chief science adviser, we're looking overall at strategies to support medical countermeasures, which involves, of course, research, innovation, the industrial response required, biomanufacturing and so on.

Health committee  Thank you for the question. I will give a number of points of information. There are three consortia and companies that were announced recently that will be providing 30,000 ventilators made in Canada: StarFish Medical, Ventilators for Canadians and CAE. In addition, there is the project led by Dr.

Health committee  I'll give two examples that are quite important. In the area of medical gowns, the bottleneck that we had to solve was the provision of a textile to make the medical gown that would have the level of protection required in the hospital setting. In this case we worked with Intertape Polymer and Autoliv, two companies that don't provide textiles typically for this kind of product.

Health committee  Mr. Chair—

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I appreciate the question and the importance of the question and I apologize for not having the specific area of responsibility whereby I could provide more information, but I certainly will endeavour to ensure that it is provided as a follow-up to the committee. Thank you.

Health committee  It was working. Can you hear me now?

Health committee  We, in our department, are working with the Department of Finance, which is—

Health committee  My apologies. I was just providing the answer that in the department we are working with the Department of Finance, with the Department of Health, with the Public Health Agency of Canada in looking into the issue that's been raised by the honourable member, which is obviously recovery and return to work.

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I do not have a formal document or a framework that I would introduce at this time. It is a conversation that is—

Health committee  —very much ongoing in the Government of Canada.

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not familiar personally with any specific information related to the question raised by the honourable member. It could also be a question posed to the Public Health Agency of Canada or Health Canada in respect of health data of Canadians, which is not a matter under our direct responsibility.