Look, this is probably the first time I have ever done this in my time in Parliament, but I will get personal for a second.
I didn't expect a tall, dark and handsome American to come into my life. I'm glad he did. However, even in my position of privilege, it was over five months that I was separated from my husband this year, and it was only because of the Alberta pilot project that we were able to see each other. It's really hard. I don't get to see my kids. I don't get to see my mother-in-law, who has stage 4 breast cancer. It's hard.
This is me as a legislator sitting in this committee right now. Everyone on this committee knows that I'm as tough as nails—I know some of the names the Liberals call me—but every night when I come home alone, it's hard, and this is me.
I'm wondering if there are alternatives to quarantine that have better public health outcomes, like if we could test everyone at the airport, as opposed to letting four million people come in untested who may or may not observe the quarantine. I know there were quarantine exemptions for that many people over the last several months.
I'm just wondering, given that you are a clinician, Dr. Poon, if part of your recommendation is to expand systems like the one we're seeing in Alberta to other airports and other border crossings across the country so that it can aid in family reunification.