National Defence committee  That's right. We have a four-week delay when it comes to Pfizer. Pfizer assures us that other countries are going through the same situation as us, and in equal measure. We are of course unable to verify that, but we know that other countries are also affected by the changes mad

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, when developing our plans, we looked closely at risk mitigation measures. We considered a host of factors that could come into play, such as a warehouse or a production site potentially being compromised. Of course, we did not anticipate Pfizer's announcement to hav

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, I thank the member for his question. To start off, I would like to point out that the manufacturers are dealing with new products and with production challenges, and that we can expect fluctuations in their production. We certainly have experienced a bump in the ro

National Defence committee  Canada has contracts with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna for a total of 80 million doses this calendar year. Right there, with those two approved vaccines, we have sufficient quantities to vaccinate all Canadians who wish to get a vaccine.

National Defence committee  It is entirely dependent on us receiving vaccines. Absolutely. Now, despite the immediate challenges, we expect to have six million doses by the end of this quarter and another 20 million of those two approved vaccines in the next quarter. That represents a significant jump and p

National Defence committee  Madam Chair, thank you very much. Thank you for inviting me to discuss the role that my team and I have been playing in the whole-of-government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I am Major-General Dany Fortin. As you mentioned, I'm the vice-president of the vaccine rollout tas