Finance committee  You raise a very good point. We don't have a good system in this country. We have a lot of very good provincial systems that don't talk to each other, which doesn't do us a whole heck of a lot of good as a country. If you look at something like influenza, nobody knows how big a

Finance committee  There's no question about that. Anybody involved in disease surveillance and that type of thing relies on this type of information. I do believe there is a void waiting to be filled there at the federal level. I don't think you'll find anyone in the infectious disease field who w

Finance committee  The short answer to that is yes. We've been talking to WD now for the last two years, I believe it is. They are extremely supportive, but so far the timing hasn't been right for funding. We've also had the support of Minister Goodale, who has been a strong supporter of this facil

Finance committee  To finish off very quickly, we're recommending that the government support the installation of a GMP-compliant manufacturing unit, which will serve all Canadians, public sector Canadians as well as those in the private sector. This can happen, obviously, in our facility. We have

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank you for the opportunity to present and also welcome you to winter on the Prairies. It's absolutely delightful. I'm going to change gears a little bit and talk about the issue of infectious diseases, and specifically Canada'