Mr. Therrien, on that front, I agree with your assessment. Given the number of times the government has needed urgent legislation to respond to the public health crisis since March 17, it was running an extraordinary risk to leave the House of Commons shuttered for as many weeks as it was. To recall Parliament earlier would have required a Throne Speech and all of the procedural issues around the recall of Parliament, delaying urgent legislation if some had been needed.
At the time that prorogation was executed, it was unclear whether the government might need additional emergency legislation during that period. There was a risk in proroguing Parliament and then calling it back some weeks later.