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{
"time": "2026-01-27 16:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Maxime Blanchette-Joncas",
"fr": "Maxime Blanchette-Joncas"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9135578\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Dr. Weiss, I must move on, since time is running out. However, this still answers my question. Look, I understand what you're saying. I've heard it all before. We're too dependent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9135579\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Let me remind you of a very inconvenient truth. Canada was the only G7 country unable to produce its own vaccine against COVID\u201119. The reason isn't a lack of talent, but rather a lack of investment. In the past 20 years, from 2000 to 2020, we were the only G7 country to cut research and development investment. So, I've already heard and analyzed what you're telling me.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9135580\" data-originallang=\"fr\">You spoke about the major pharmaceutical companies. They were all operating in the greater Montreal area in the early 2000s. So, I'm trying to make a correlation. If we want to reduce our dependence on major foreign pharmaceutical companies, and if we want our own supply chain, we need a solid action plan for innovation. Yet I've noticed that Canada remains at the back of the pack. It's all well and good to have better coordination. However, when we don't invest in research and development, it's harder to attract vaccine suppliers and producers.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9135578\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Docteur Weiss, je dois poursuivre, car le temps file, mais \u00e7a r\u00e9pond quand m\u00eame \u00e0 ma question. \u00c9coutez, je comprends ce que vous me dites. Je l'ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 entendu: on est trop d\u00e9pendant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9135579\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je me permets quand m\u00eame de rappeler quelque chose de fatal, mais qui est la r\u00e9alit\u00e9: le Canada est le seul pays du G7 qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 incapable de produire son propre vaccin contre la COVID\u201119. Ce n'est pas parce qu'on n'a pas de talent, mais parce qu'on a sous-investi. Dans les 20 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, de 2000 \u00e0 2020, on a \u00e9t\u00e9 le seul pays du G7 \u00e0 r\u00e9duire les investissements en recherche et d\u00e9veloppement. Alors, ce que vous me dites, je l'ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 entendu et je l'analyse. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9135580\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Vous avez parl\u00e9 des grandes compagnies pharmaceutiques. Elles \u00e9taient toutes pr\u00e9sentes dans la grande r\u00e9gion de Montr\u00e9al au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 2000. Alors, je tente de faire une corr\u00e9lation. Si on veut r\u00e9duire la d\u00e9pendance envers les grandes entreprises pharmaceutiques \u00e9trang\u00e8res et si on veut avoir notre propre cha\u00eene d'approvisionnement, il faut avoir un plan d'action solide en mati\u00e8re d'innovation. Or, ce que je remarque, c'est que le Canada est en queue de peloton. C'est bien beau d'avoir une meilleure coordination mais, quand on n'a pas d'investissements en recherche et d\u00e9veloppement, il est plus difficile d'attirer des fournisseurs et des producteurs de vaccins.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/health/45-1/18/maxime-blanchette-joncas-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/maxime-blanchette-joncas/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4716/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13318941",
"document_url": "/committees/health/45-1/18/",
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}
}