Thank you, Chair. Every committee has its own feel. It's quite interesting.
I would like to ask a couple of questions of Mr. Reimer. I took some notes as you were speaking, and it just reflects so much of what I see and hear in my own riding as well in Saskatchewan.
You cannot live on oxygen for long when that oxygen is not of high quality. You cannot compete with other countries when they're moving forward and you're not. You talked of housing, construction and roadwork. All of these are areas where they are making profits, and yet tourism, lodging and travel have collapsed. As a business person, I can't help but think that we saw right from the very beginning that there just wasn't the help that was needed in this particular sector.
You talk about operating safely as your very first option, as what you would want to see happen. I struggle with where we are today as a country economically. If you were to go out and purchase a product like a vaccine that was purchased by another country for $2 and you're finding yourself purchasing it at $8, clearly that's not a healthy market.
What would it take, do you feel, to be able to operate safely? We're hearing all these words on our news media—24-7 COVID—but I'm not hearing the real things that I need to hear about what is truly needed to be safe in Canada to be able to operate our businesses. We cannot afford another shutdown and we need to get moving. What would you say are the most important things you need to see from this government to be able to open your doors and get back to work?