Madam Speaker, I have said from the beginning that it is very important when dealing with a health care crisis, like a pandemic, to keep party politics away because Canadians would want us to do that.
One of the first things I did when we started dealing with this situation was to call the opposition critics to get them onside and explain to them what we were dealing with. My number one concern was the health and safety of Canadians.
In terms of managing a pandemic, it is also very important to communicate facts based on science and not to be fearmongering in any population, particularly the most vulnerable in first nations communities.