Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Within Health Canada, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency works closely with registrants or those seeking registration of their pesticides and has a rigorous review process in terms of ensuring the safety of those products with respect to human health an

Public Accounts committee  Certainly, I think there was broad engagement across the country with provinces, territories, communities, faith leaders and sports heroes. Everyone in Canada joined in to push the primary series of vaccinations, reaching leading levels in the G7 and the world. I think that contr

Public Accounts committee  I'll start and then turn to my public health colleagues. Through Global Affairs there has been very significant and sustained engagement throughout the pandemic, certainly in the context of donating with COVAX. As well, it's based on our bilateral engagement priorities. This inc

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I'll highlight two points. One, with regard to the regulatory efficiencies we put in place and the dedicated teams that allowed for the expedited approval while maintaining safety standards, we have put forward for consultation now an agile regulation package that tak

Public Accounts committee  The six vaccines except Sanofi were approved. All except Medicago delivered doses.

Public Accounts committee  Sanofi has not completed the package of information and has modified its vaccine strategy through its work. Medicago had challenges in terms of the manufacturing of the vaccine and did not enable us to approve its quality and therefore delivery to Canadians.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The point I was making is that Canada worked in multiple regards to support access to vaccines and their distribution and use in low- and middle-income countries, first through being a leading donor to COVAX, right from the very beginning in 2020. Additiona

Public Accounts committee  I'll respond initially and then turn to Stephen Bent from the Public Health Agency. As I noted, the government is very focused on working with provinces, territories and other partners on significantly improving the sharing of health data across the country. As I noted, that wil

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, what I would say just at the outset is that Canada is one of the top donors to COVAX, financially. We—

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I think it's an important point.

Public Accounts committee  The contribution to supporting vaccine access in low- and middle-income countries was through financial donations, not only for vaccine purchase—

Public Accounts committee  The additional point is that in addition to offering vaccines, we offered financial support to countries that—

Public Accounts committee  We'll turn to Dr. Sharma.

Public Accounts committee  I think Dr. Lourenco can speak to it.

Public Accounts committee  No, on the specific one, but I think it's important to note for the record that based on the world-leading experts on the vaccine task force, purchase agreements were put in place, vaccines were authorized, and doses delivered to Canadians within days of any other country in the