Public Accounts committee  Perhaps I'll take the question. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Overall, in terms of our vaccine wastage, by the end of the calendar year we had 12 million doses of vaccine in federal inventory that had expired. Some of those would have included the residual...in terms of the donation. I

Public Accounts committee  No. We've moved—

Public Accounts committee  In terms of our collaboration with the provinces and territories, we've been working since early 2022 to look at the CAEFISS system and at VaccineConnect as it evolves into the new version of that system, to ensure that we have all of the relevant fields incorporated. Another as

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, perhaps I'll take a moment to explain how we worked throughout the pandemic with provinces and territories on vaccine distribution. We work as an intermediary between, obviously, the provinces and territories and then down to the local level and the vaccine companies

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much. In the context of vaccine donations, I think the number you're referring to is in the context of some AstraZeneca doses that we had. I think you referred to 13 million doses that expired. Those were put on offer in 2021, as soon as we were able to make them

Public Accounts committee  The 13-million dose number that you cited for AstraZeneca were the doses that were lost because they were not able to be placed. The remainder were donated to countries. To bring precision to what Dr. Kochhar mentioned in terms of the countries we were able to support both throu

Public Accounts committee  AstraZeneca vaccines. Yes.

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would only add that this year alone we've been able to invest an additional $5.3 million in projects to reach under-reached and marginalized communities, including indigenous and racialized communities. I would also add that in the context of vaccine con

Health committee  Thank you, Dr. Tam.

Health committee  Thank you. I would add that, as it was stated earlier, two doses of vaccine still offer considerable protection in terms of severe disease. Fundamentally, in the context of our objective of reducing hospitalizations, severe illness and death, two doses perform well. We know, as

Health committee  I would offer that we've consistently communicated to Canadians that vaccination is one of the most important measures to protect themselves and to protect others.

Health committee  In terms of encouraging Canadians to take the third dose as we continue to work very closely with our provincial and territorial partners in the context of communication to Canadians, Dr. Tam is out frequently reminding Canadians of the importance of keeping their vaccinations up

Health committee  No, I would just echo Dr. Tam's comment that our current agreements with Moderna allow us to access new formulations when they're approved by the regulator. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I would suggest that I take that question. PHAC works very closely with provinces and territories to ensure that procurement and allocation strategies align with the requirements and demands of individual jurisdictions. When there are doses surplus to Canada's need, C

Health committee  We work very closely with Global Affairs Canada and international bodies like COVAX to make doses available as soon as we can, so that they can be used if needed by other countries. We have made doses available to COVAX, and they are in the process of identifying countries that c