First, I would like to take an opportunity to thank the House administration staff for all the work that they've been doing over the past month or so to support us during these very difficult times. I also wanted to take a moment to thank the public health officials for the leadership that they've shown and they continue to show. We truly appreciate the work that they do.
On March 13, we had 197 confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 in this country. The Board of Internal Economy, at that time, took preventative measures to protect the health and safety of staff, of MPs, and even of members of the public by putting some restrictions in place.
Today in Canada, when I look at the numbers on the public health site, I see that we have 40,824 cases of COVID-19.
Do we think that it's wise at this time to loosen the measures that we imposed just over a month ago on the parliamentary precinct?