Mr. Chair, I'm happy to provide some comments.
From past experience as commander of the joint task force Laser, the response for the pandemic last spring, I can say that the Canadian Armed Forces are prepared to support, at the request of provinces and territories, in a range of capacities and tasks that fit the profile of the capabilities we deploy. In this current case, given the pandemic and the way it's going, the way it's been and the way it's affected the CAF, as well as other activities, mobile medical assistance teams have been purpose-built to deal with the different requests.
As we have seen in supportive activities in northern Ontario, northern Manitoba and currently in Sunnybrook in Ontario, they're really there to bolster capacity and provide assistance at the request of the Government of Ontario. Maintaining a military chain of command, they provide assistance to support the needs of the local hospitals, local long-term care homes or what have you, as they see appropriate.