Thank you very much for that question.
As we heard in the House today during question period, the Government of Canada has been sending billions of dollars to provinces and territories during the pandemic to bolster the health care system. We support provinces by procuring and providing PPE, wage subsidies for low-income and essential workers and providing vaccines for free. We are at this point in time sending billions of dollars to the provinces and territories so they can help bolster their health care systems.
We are in a pandemic—we are still in a pandemic—and we've been supporting the pandemic response. That's where the focus has been. You've heard the Prime Minister say that those conversations on health transfers are to come, but right now it's the pandemic response that we're focusing on.
We have been sending billions of dollars to provinces and territories. It's not just money; we've also been supporting them with personnel. It wasn't just Quebec and Ontario that needed to call in the military to help when our long-term care facilities were in distress and facing crises. We've also been there to support those organizations with our Red Cross. Now we are funding an organization that is helping them with infection prevention and protection though a long-term care plus initiative.
We are working with the Province of Quebec and we are supporting the Province of Quebec. That's why we did not support the motion today that the NDP brought forward. We don't believe that you can do a long-term care review and bring in national standards without having the co-operation of the provinces and territories. That's why we'll be working with them to bring in national standards.