Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne, left, and Merck Canada President and Managing Director, Marwan Akar, greet each other at a joint announcement at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto, Ontario on Monday Dec. 6, 2021. The announcement was regarding a manufacturing expansion in Whitby, Ontario, for an investigational oral antiviral medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. THE CANADIAN PRESS IMAGES PHOTO/J.P. Moczulski