Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. I can just chime in quickly and agree on an unfortunate failure in due diligence, but I understand that the 200 million doses committed to COVAX did not take into account any vaccines from Medicago. It was dollars and then excess doses of the likes of AstraZeneca, Pfizer an

Foreign Affairs committee  That's a great question. Can I circle back? We have the information, but unfortunately I don't have it in my spread of notes. If I can circle back with that information, I'd love to, because our allies have done some analysis as to which pharmaceutical companies are good players

Foreign Affairs committee  I can take that. Absolutely, it's not just about supply: We need vaccines to be turned into vaccinations. That requires strong, resilient health systems and people who are equipped and ready to administer those vaccinations. Last year, I guess, at the beginning of the pandemic,

Foreign Affairs committee  I apologize. I'm not informed enough to speak to that issue.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. Results Canada has engaged Minister Ng's office, both directly and working in coalition with allied civil society organizations that want to see Canada step up and explicitly support the TRIPS waiver proposal. I can say that most of what we're hearing or feeling is that the

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. I would say that's accurate. If not much discussion is happening, it's hard to understand.

Foreign Affairs committee  It's about COVAX being able to use the resources how they most need to use them. It's also about removing as much friction as possible from the process of getting vaccines into other countries. When you start doing three-way negotiations between the Government of Canada, COVAX a

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. I would hope that we would do things differently, because I have faith in the Government of Canada, humanity and multilateral institutions, so I'd hope that we would be learning the lessons from this experience and adapting, making the necessary changes. I know that will hap

Foreign Affairs committee  When COVAX was developed, it had big dreams and big intentions. If we had all played by the COVAX principles from the start, we'd be in a very different position from the one we are in today. Because high-income countries such as Canada bought in to COVAX but then undermined it

Foreign Affairs committee  I'd say it needed to be better supported by G20 countries, not necessarily better structured. If all countries that were committed to the vision of COVAX had wholeheartedly backed it up by making sure COVAX had priority access to dose donations, then we could be in a different

Foreign Affairs committee  One thing that was missing was dollars and fast investment in COVAX as a mechanism, so that it could then go and purchase vaccine doses quickly. The other thing it was missing was a full commitment to its vision and mission. For example, Canada supported COVAX with investment at

Foreign Affairs committee  COVAX is a new mechanism. It's the biggest mass deployment of vaccines around the world that we've ever seen on this scale, so it's learning as it evolves. Now we're also seeing COVAX starting to introduce minimum shelf lives for doses being donated, so that when they land in a c

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, I am. That's because some of our commitment to the 200 million doses is in dollars committed, which COVAX can then use to purchase vaccines.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, and that's exactly why Results Canada has not leaned too heavily on the dose donation advocacy in and of itself, because dollars are the most helpful investment, so that COVAX can have those flexibilities and that purchasing power directly with pharmaceutical companies.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes.