Mr. Chair, Canadians are worried that the government is not prepared to support our front-line workers and sick Canadians when we do reach our peak.
Until two weeks ago, this government was still advising Canadians that risk was low. We're already hearing about hospitals being overwhelmed, supply shortages across the country and, honestly, just a lack of preparedness for a pandemic. Even though the Minister of Health stated that the government has been treating COVID-19 like a pandemic from the beginning—