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House Hansard - 127

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 15, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Nov/15/22 2:49:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his important question. National security concerns all parliamentarians. It is not a political matter, it is a matter of national interest. That is why we recently implemented restrictions to protect our scientists and research in Canada and, more recently, we blocked three transactions to protect Canada's critical minerals. We take national security very seriously, as all parliamentarians in the House should.
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Context: House Hansard - 127 - Nov/15/22
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Nov/15/22 3:15:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it seems that my colleague was absent for a couple of months. There is nothing more important than ensuring the health and safety of Canadians. That is why we acted. We brought Moderna to Canada to produce vaccines. It was not for COVID-19 but for about 30 families of vaccines that Canadians would need, including for cancer. We have Sanofi investing in Toronto. We invested in Biovectra. One thing we understand on this side of the aisle is that we did not choose the pandemic and we do not know if there is going to be another one, but we choose to be better prepared. That is what Canadians expect from us.
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