I agree with Jeremy on everything he said in terms of the current COVID response and the need for unity. I think it's absolutely essential.
Marcus asked about the post-COVID world. That really interests me a lot, because one day this is going to be over. What will the world look like, and what will Canada's role be in that world? This is really important. Will it be a world that's more splintered? Will it weaken or undermine international institutions or international treaties? Will it weaken human rights? Will we see the first flare-up lead to large-scale lockdowns, mass quarantines, and travel and trade restrictions?
We've been down that road before. We really have, and it doesn't work. I appeal to Canada, because I've seen from your southern border the country that, frankly, I sometimes wish we were in the United States: one that engages globally, one that leads, that talks about human rights, that talks about trade, travel, globalism and the rule of law. That's what I want to see, and we have a choice as a world. We can go down one path and close everything and become nationalistic and thump our chests the way many of the strong leaders do, or we can co-operate.
Truly, if COVID teaches us anything, it's that we're all in this together and that we need to work together. That's going to be even more important as we try to get vaccines and therapeutics.