It'll be pretty short, because it may be the only time—no, it's not the carbon tax—I get the floor.
I have to say, because we all know what's going on here, that when this bill first came forward, I too had real reservations about it. A lot of us were part of the COVID committee that sat through COVID. There were a lot of discussions. A lot of things were relevant. To address this in a PMB seemed a bit much—no, not a bit much; a lot much.
However, I've come to change my mind about it. What this bill does is that it fundamentally requires the government to come up with a pandemic preparedness plan and to make that public. Yes, as a PMB it kind of circumvents the normal process, but it's going to get out there. We're going to know what plan exists. You in the opposition will have a chance to reply to that plan. I don't see a quicker way of getting that plan out. The Conservative response to this is basically suggesting, to me, that they don't want us to have a public pandemic preparedness plan that I think is in our interest and the Conservatives' interest and in all our best interests.
I just wanted to get that out before I ceded the floor.
Thanks.