Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Minister Clement, Dr. Jones, and Ms. Allain for coming today.
I guess I have a comment. First of all, I think it's quite appropriate that we have Minister Clement as the Minister of Health, as he was a leader during the SARS outbreak. In fact , many would argue that during his time as minister in the Ontario government, the current federal health minister essentially handled the Canadian response because we didn't have a coordinated effort on the federal front. I think that's why this has been such a priority for this government. As Ms. Fry has mentioned, we brought forward this legislation within the first 100 days of our government. Unfortunately, the previous government took much longer to take action.
My question to the minister is quite simple. Why do we have to pass this bill so quickly?