First of all, my heart goes out to everyone working in the Peel and Brampton area and everyone living in the area, because you're right that your region of the province has been very hard hit for, I would argue, a very long time. The appropriate supports have not been in place to help people isolate and stay safe. Our federal government, as you know, has been trying very hard to make sure people have access to, for example, financial supports if they're sick, as well as other kinds of health supports through Red Cross support. I work very closely, as you know, with Dr. Loh, and we've provided isolation housing, for example, in your community.
More needs to be done.
You asked me first about how we could tell who's getting which vaccines, and we can't really. This is the job of the Ontario government to provide that transparency about how they are further distributing vaccines in the province. You heard my colleague speak about Pfizer deliveries going directly to provinces and territories. That's really the only data we have. Data from other vaccines and how they're distributed across the province is owned by the province, and they have not as of yet been transparent with that data, although I believe Dr. Adalsteinn Brown just recently gave some modelling and some updated data on vaccine distribution.
The best approach in terms of trying to understand Peel's allocation of vaccinations from the Province of Ontario is directly with the province itself. Mayor Brown would know that, but of course Dr. Loh would know that as well.
You're absolutely right. We stand by, ready to help the Province of Ontario and indeed local public health units with anything they need. If it would be helpful, I'm happy to speak with Dr. Loh again, or the public health units, just to make sure we haven't missed anything. As I said, we have been providing rapid response supports, including Red Cross workers, isolation housing, contact tracers, epidemiological support to break out where those clusters of outbreaks are happening, and of course the financial supports. It's very important they have someone like you also, MP Sidhu, to advocate for them.
Thank you so much for being a constant voice for your community members. In every meeting I'm at, you are speaking out for the health and safety of the people you care for.
