Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On April 23rd, 2020. See this statement in context.

April 23rd, 2020 / 1:05 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

That's appreciated.

My last question is in relation to testing.

There was an announcement today of $350 million for testing and modelling. When I see reports out of the United States that say it's 20 million tests per day to restore the economy, or three million tests per week or various estimates, and I translate those to the Canadian context, I'm looking at somewhere between 50,000 to two million a day, depending upon the estimates.

We're at 20,000 tests a day right now. What is our goal here for tests per day as we look to restore or reopen the economy down the road?

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