Madam Speaker, on a personal note, let me congratulate the member on winning the Conservative leadership. Having said that, I hope he is the Leader of the Opposition for many years.
The leader of the Conservative Party said that when he met with the Prime Minister he emphasized two points: first, that as a government we need to be there to support Canadians; and second, that the role of the Prime Minister is to keep the country together.
With the rollout of all the many programs to support Canada at a time in which we needed to be there in a real and tangible way, we have supported almost nine million Canadians through CERB. We have supported businesses through the wage loss program, which saved tens of thousands of jobs. We are talking about millions of people who have been affected: seniors, students and a wide spectrum of Canadians. The government has been there and has been listening.
That brings me to the second point: the issue of unity. This government has worked with all levels of government. We have a phenomenal group of stakeholders, provinces and municipalities that have come together to combat the COVID-19 crisis.
Let me quickly read a quote from the premier of Manitoba that deals with the first 10 minutes of the leader of the official opposition's speech with respect to testing. The Progressive Conservative premier of Manitoba said, with respect to the safe restart agreement:
This federal funding will help support work already undertaken by the Government of Manitoba to increase daily testing capacity from a baseline of 1,000 tests to more than 3,000 tests per day.
We heard from the Prime Minister earlier today, in response to the leader of the official opposition—