This is a jurisdiction issue and has to do with the provincial government's ability to supply labs so they can detect COVID-19 cases. Getting swabs to do the tests was a huge problem because there's so much demand in Quebec. The pandemic hit the province hard, and everything was concentrated in Montreal, which meant fewer swabs were available in the regions.
One of the federal government's most important roles, and certainly one of Health Canada's, is to provide swabs to first nations that need them. On the North Shore, labs are really operating at full capacity, but it's still hard to get swabs for our communities. The more swabs we have to test our people, the more we reduce the risk of infection in our communities. The problem has to do with federal and provincial jurisdiction over testing people.