Thank you for that. I really appreciate that honesty.
The problem is that, when I asked the health minister when he was at this committee if the federal government is prepared to launch an independent public inquiry, he said this: “We are currently discussing a bill in the House that is also pointing to the importance of having a review of COVID-19.”
The danger here and the NDP's concern is that we don't want the government to view this as the independent inquiry. In our view that would constitute a whitewash. We think it's very critically important that we have an independent review as well as your preparedness plan. That's how we'll be proceeding with this bill.