Thank you, Mr. Berthold.
You are absolutely right to emphasize just how important vaccination is. I would like to remind everyone that Canada is one of the top countries in terms of vaccination.
We still have a little work to do to convince some of our fellow members of Parliament, but I am sure you will pass that on to your leader, Mr. O'Toole.
Having said that, the provinces and territories were requesting an average of 7 million rapid tests per month prior to December, and that number quickly increased fivefold to 35 million. Demand in the provinces and territories did indeed go up in December. We are on track to deliver 140 million rapid tests this month. We received five times more requests in December, and then four times more than that in January, because rapid tests—