Mr. Speaker, a local constituent reached out to me about how their family's lives have been on hold due to COVID-19 testing. The dad called the testing centre on October 3. They went in for testing on October 6, the first available day. The dad received his test results on October 7 and the daughter's came in on October 12. This was a 10-day process for this family. The daughter was not able to go to school, and the dad was not able to work.
This is unacceptable. When are regions like the Okanagan Valley and the Lower Mainland going to receive rapid testing?