I have the floor and can continue, and I will continue, Madam Chair, for as long as I can.
Again, this application had enormous impacts on my community. That's why I'm here.
Madam Chair, I first raised it on December 7, 2021, in a question I posed to the public safety minister in the House.
Let me read this into the record:
Mr. Speaker, as an MP with four border crossings in my riding, I can tell members that the ArriveCAN app has been a real mess. Take the example of Bernadette in my riding. She was forced into a 14-day quarantine when she is double vaccinated and had a booster. She is now receiving threatening phone calls harassing her to complete her testing requirements or face jail time and/or a $650,000 fine. She is 75 years old.
Madam Chair, 177 changes were required because of this application, and 10,000 people were forced into quarantine—and that was in June 2022. That doesn't even take into account what happened to poor Bernadette in my riding.
The issues were there, and this government was asleep at the switch. It didn't respond to the issues, going back to 2021, when we had issues. This, if I can remind everybody, was before all the issues were found with regard to contracting practices.
However, in the time available, I'm going to be getting to that.
When will the Liberal government fix the mess it created at the borders and rescind this unnecessary quarantine order against my constituent?
That was the last question I asked the government. That goes back to 2021. The sad reality is, Madam Chair, that the government took no steps to address the concerns that were being expressed on quarantine orders, border delays or the continuing escalating costs for an app that many were questioning the development of in the first place.
Sadly, this government could have taken action and taken action much sooner. On May 19, 2022, my colleague, the member for Thornhill, tabled an opposition motion in the House for debate.