Madam Speaker, my colleague and friend truly understands what it is we are trying to accomplish. I appreciate his comment. As a former member of a provincial legislature, he understands the important role that a provincial government plays, but he also understands the important role the national government plays. One of the ways we can deal with the patchwork of differences between provinces and provide the assurances that Canadians truly want in terms of a national program is by working with provinces to get the program that would best benefit all Canadians, no matter where they live in Canada. That means we need a strong national government with a strong Prime Minister and that is something that we have.
In the House of Commons on March 12th, 2020. See this statement in context.