Let's look specifically at what you're talking about.
If you're trying to separate out CERB or the wage subsidy, for example, and say that's not part of the pandemic response, I would go to the wall to argue the contrary. The reality is that we put spending measures in place that were designed largely to protect against economic scarring. It wasn't only to procure vaccines more quickly than most other countries in the world, or to supplement the ability of provincial health care systems to continue supporting people during an emergency. It was also to float the ability of households and businesses to literally keep food on the table.