Madam Speaker, there is a lot of uncertainty in the world today. We have had a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, the omicron variant, come up, which is now public knowledge. We do not know what the next few months will bring.
In principle, I would say that there may be a need for further pandemic benefits to support businesses if we do see a strong resurgence of this virus. However, what I am not willing to do is give this government, as my colleague previous said, a blank cheque when, by its own admission, although the principle may have been good, their programs were not perfect. It is our job as members of the opposition to call out the government when it is not doing its job 100% right and to ensure that there are alternative solutions so we can get this legislation right.