Minister, I have two and a half minutes, so if I may, my second question is to you.
We have sobering numbers that came out today. We have huge COVID spikes in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan. There are alarming spikes in Ontario, B.C. and Quebec. The transmission rate has been consistently over 1% since August. The national positivity rate is over 6%. Hospitalization rates are climbing across the country. We have a near crisis in Manitoba. The current projections put us at over 20,000 cases per day by January, and we have alarming outbreaks in long-term care homes and indigenous communities.
I remember that in the summer the curve was being flattened and Dr. Tam was talking about that. Clearly, we have had an incredible flare-up. What do you attribute that to? Why is Canada, at this point in November, in such a dire situation? What has caused that?