Finance committee  With regard to the $13 billion, part of it is for vaccines, part of it is for medical research and part of it is for vaccine supplies.

Finance committee  I understand that it's vague right now, but part of the reason is that this is commercially sensitive information, which is pricing. Health Canada and the Public Health Agency, together with Public Services and Procurement Canada, are still in the process of finalizing some of th

Finance committee  I will, Mr. Chair. What I can tell you is the overall breakdown for vaccines as is in the FES from last November. The total envelope is $14.3 billion: $13 billion of that is for medical research and vaccines; $1.2 billion is for another envelope of medical research; and $126 mil

Finance committee  What the government has done is that we have negotiated agreements with seven vaccine candidates, for a total of 429-million potential doses. I cannot comment from the Department of Finance's perspective as to whether we have too many doses or not. As you know, some of the vaccin

Finance committee  The department that's responsible for child care is Employment and Social Development Canada. I believe that work is under way in that department right now. There were initial investments announced, as the minister mentioned, in the FES last week, but the ongoing costing and anal

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. In terms of the costing that has been done for pharmacare, budget 2019 announced the costing that has been done to date. This was $500 million to set up a drug agency and a strategy for high-cost drugs for rare diseases. The fall economic statement announce