Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise in this place and, as I did the last time I participated in Adjournment Proceedings, I have really great news, a very exciting announcement to share with the House and that is the birth of my son, Nathan. I am very excited. My wife, Amanda, is doing very well. Amanda is my best friend. I am incredibly proud of her. The strength and the example that she sets are inspiring to me. To welcome Nathan with her, we would also like to recognize the incredible staff at the Brockville General Hospital.
We had incredible care and a very personal experience, and they took care of my new son and my wife incredibly well. I will recognize a few of them, knowing I am going to leave a few people out. We had nurse Kate, Dr. Kristin Finkenzeller, nurses Coralie, Ellen, Riley, Jackie, Lisa and others as well, and I have to thank all of them. It was world class. We know that 2020 has presented incredible challenges to those working in health care, but members would not know it based on the care that my family received. We are blessed as a family by the birth of Nathan, but also by those health care practitioners who did what they did for my family. My other children, Luke, Ama, Michaela and James, are very excited that their new brother is home with us, and we look forward to Christmas and to all of the days ahead.
I have to ask the government and follow up on a question that I raised previously. It is with respect to the approach the government has taken on matters dealing with China. Specifically, I will ask this evening why the government persists in its failure to act. We saw it last week with the opposition motion dealing with Huawei and making a decision on banning the use of this technology in Canada. While our other Five Eyes partners have done so, the Liberal government even voted against all other members of the opposition, who put forward a timeline for the government to make a decision.
We know that former minister Ralph Goodale promised on May 1, 2019, that the government would make a decision. An election has passed, Mr. Goodale no longer joins us in the House and we have a new public safety minister who has also failed to act. Why will the government not be decisive when it comes to China? Why is it that the Liberals are always playing catch-up?
They say that they act in concert with our allies, but that could not be further from the truth. The decision on Huawei is case in point. Now we have the private sector making the decision to exclude this technology from its infrastructure, while the government continues to dither and act without decisiveness.
To the minister, when will the government follow through on its commitment to act in concert with our allies, to finally get tough on this issue, to finally get tough on China and to make a decision?