I want to give you a quote from Dr. Hardcastle who spoke to this committee last week. She said:
It's surprising to me that in inarguably the largest emergency this country has seen since World War II that we haven't seen the federal government turn to the exceptional powers granted under the Emergencies Act, or to pass COVID specific legislation grounded in the POGG power. If the Emergencies Act was not used here, I'm not sure when it would ever be used.
My question is this. Given that Canada has now experienced three waves of the pandemic, the Canadian Armed Forces have had to be called in three times to provinces, Alberta has the worst record in North America, and there are severe serious outbreaks in Ontario and Manitoba, why hasn't the federal government used any of its emergency powers to date?
As well, is it your view that Ontario and Alberta are managing this pandemic well?
I don't know who wants to field that.
Madame Tremblay?