Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses.
Before I turn to the witnesses, there was, in the previous panel, if colleagues will recall, a point raised about rapid tests, I believe by Mr. Kelly. It could have been Ms. Jansen. I'm not sure. I think it's an important question to raise, but I think the record should reflect the actual situation.
Colleagues can find this online. It's available on the Government of Canada website. The federal government has helped to facilitate the shipment of 31.2 million rapid tests from four different companies. Unfortunately, the deployment is where the challenge is. Of those 31.2 million tests that have been shipped to provinces for distribution, we've seen only 5.8 million distributed to communities and to local health agencies specifically.
I don't think this is an opportunity, and I wouldn't want to point fingers. I don't think that's appropriate. Provinces have a very difficult time right now. Health care is their area of jurisdiction. However, if there's a concern about rapid tests being distributed to communities, let's face facts and recognize what the actual situation is, with a view to improving it.
My first question will be for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
There are things in the fall economic statement that are expressed now in Bill C-14. This is what we'll see go forward as the vision of the economic statement. There are certainly things in there, Mr. Wudrick, that focus on COVID-19, but also on other priorities that are central to the challenges of our day, such as climate change.
If you look at it—and I hope you've had a chance to read the bill—there's money to help homeowners make energy-efficiency improvements to their homes. There's funding for charging and refuelling stations. These are things that my constituents have certainly called for. It's great to see those put into place.
Do you have a challenge with this sort of approach? Climate change is, I believe, the central challenge of our time. Wouldn't you agree?