Health committee  Thank you. I just want to say that I welcome the passion of the people at this table, including yours. I think we all share it. We live and breathe the need to combat this epidemic as quickly as possible. I can tell you from our side that we are committed to coming to a conclus

Health committee  I'm sorry, could you just repeat that?

Health committee  Normally what happens in the foundation when we are going to make awards for grants is that we send out the grant applications for external review and receive comments from the external reviewers. In this case, my understanding of the process is that none of the four fully met th

Health committee  I'm going to let Dr. Bernstein respond, because the priorities you mentioned are in the enterprise plan.

Health committee  The foundation is also developing a broader strategic plan, but I'll let him respond to your question, if that's okay.

Health committee  The commitment stands. The ground rules say that it's a 3:1 contribution, the Canadian government to the foundation. The discussions and negotiations involved lots of parties--CIHR, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Industry Canada, Health Canada, ourselves, and their associate

Health committee  There's no question that Canada has been a leader. Canada has hosted three of the international AIDS conferences and no other country has done that. The presence in Kenya and in Karnataka, India, are two landmark examples of Canadian leadership. But I can't miss the opportunity w

Health committee  The foundation has to date awarded approximately $200 million to Canadian institutions in support of this effort. We would very much encourage Canada to play a bigger role in supporting the global fund and supporting research in this area.

Health committee  We haven't discussed this with our Canadian colleagues, but the foundation is in the process of exploring the option that Dr. Carver spoke of, that is entering into agreements with businesses in order to reserve production capacity in advance.

Health committee  The study that was done by Oliver Wyman, which Madam Vice-Chair referred to, looked at manufacturing capacity, and it divided it into several subcategories. But perhaps the most relevant one to your question is that some of the production facilities are certified GMP, which means

Health committee  We absolutely believe that Canada can make a very significant contribution across a wide spectrum, everything from the basic science, the clinical science, supporting clinical trials. Canada is very well positioned to contribute in a broad spectrum. That's why we remain 100% comm

Health committee  The current status in terms of...?

Health committee  What Dr. Bernstein and I have both commented on is that there was really a sea change with the results from the Thai trial. I can tell you our principal focus right now is on following up on that Thai trial, on those very exciting results from last summer, and following up in a w

Health committee  I'm sorry, I'm unaware of any comments, certainly by us, that there was any lack of respect shown.

Health committee  I have to say that I have never experienced anything other than the ultimate respect.