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Public Accounts committee Thank you for your question. Perhaps it would be better to ask my counterparts, Mr. Sargent and Mr. Smith.
May 25th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Public Accounts committee Good morning and thank you, Madam Chair. I am pleased to join my colleagues to speak to the committee as it studies the Auditor General's 2021 report on the national shipbuilding strategy. Despite the global pandemic, Public Services and Procurement Canada continues its importan
May 25th, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Thank you, Iain and Mr. Chair. I'll be very quick here on this front. Iain is bang on in terms of what Madam Brodie spoke to. The question mark is, what will Moderna deliver in June? As I mentioned in response to a previous question, we will have clarity on that in the next week
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Thank you, Iain. Mr. Chair, the only thing I would add is that the next shipment of AstraZeneca, should it be necessary, would likely be in the last week of June, and we'll play that by ear based on demand from provinces. We do have enough Pfizer and Moderna on order in case p
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee There are a couple of comments to make on this, Mr. Chair. We are negotiating for 2022 and beyond, and we've had some work done there already. There are considerations here in terms of additional transparency, and we're working through right now with our suppliers what transpare
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee I think there are a couple of points here. Especially early on, Mr. Chair, when we were negotiating these a year ago, the suppliers were very much.... It was a non-starter, frankly, when we talked about transparency, and we do have some ongoing discussions about what can be relea
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Yes. We do anticipate doing so in the first two weeks of June, and the committee is very committed to doing this as quickly as possible, understanding the need for provinces and territories to design their programs around this.
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Maybe I can start, and Iain can chime in. Moderna becomes the workhorse of the portfolio in Q3. There's a big Q3 ramp up. We are waiting for a revised schedule from Moderna, because I think it's been well document that Moderna has hit a bit of a bump in production. We should hav
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Mr. Chair, it's not clear to me that Moderna has prioritized EU countries. They have, as I mentioned, had some challenges, and they are trying to best serve the various contracts in the best way possible. More than a million doses arrived this week. We're optimistic that we wil
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Yes. As I mentioned earlier, Canada can give doses to other countries. That is an option.
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Mr. Chair, just to clarify that, when these contracts were negotiated, these suppliers were effectively experimenting and manufacturing at risk, so when you sign on for doses.... While we have the right to donate them, these doses met the regulatory tests, so they are Canada's to
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee There are opt-out clauses in terms of options, but in terms of the actual initial commitment around doses, they are doses that Canada signed on for.
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee I'm going from memory here, but generally speaking these were very much “at risk contracts”, so the vaccine producers were effectively not interested in allowing for opt-out clauses because they were taking all of the risk in terms of the research, the clinical trials, and then t
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Thank you for the question. First of all, all contracts have clauses that allow Canada to give the doses to other countries. That is always an option. Almost all contracts include clauses that allow Canada to purchase doses—
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews
Health committee Is that better? My apologies. We have in place clauses that allow Canada to donate as well as to exercise options, if more doses are allowed. I would underline for members that when these contracts were negotiated. it was uncertain whether the vaccines would work against COVID,
May 21st, 2021Committee meeting
Bill Matthews