Mr. Speaker, I am so glad to take this opportunity to thank my parliamentary secretary, the member of Parliament for Milton for agreeing to work with me over the next while, I hope, in order to protect the health and safety of Canadians, in a science-based context. I appreciate very much his question. I think he is right on.
Science and scientists have guided us throughout COVID-19. This was a pandemic health crisis never seen in the last century in Canada, so we had to do things very quickly. With the tremendous investments and support of scientists and health workers across Canada and with the resilience and hard work of Canadians, we have been able very successfully, relative to many other countries, to go through this crisis.
I look forward to working with the hon. member on the issue that he has raised and on many others where he is extremely capable of contributing to this file.