Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I guess “meandering” is an interesting word, which my colleague wishes to use when we're talking about a pandemic that happens only once in 100 years and had extremely wide-reaching effects across all segments of Canadian society. Certainly, there have been multiple Conservative Party amendments put forward—20 or so—on a bill that is incredibly wide-ranging. I think the relevance, Mr. Chair, is really related to the fact that it is exceedingly important to underscore the impacts that this pandemic had on Canadians.
For one, before there was a point of order, I was suggesting that.... Is this Liberal and NDP coalition government really ready to have a pandemic inquiry based on a private member's bill? Is that realistically the kind of shield that they wish to hide themselves behind when we know very clearly that part of the goal—