Mr. Speaker, I would remind the member that the hotel quarantine system is a solution to a problem that was raised before Christmas.
After two months of delay, the government did not plan for a list of essential travellers. It did not plan for a website to reserve rooms. It did not plan to set up a telephone line with sufficient lead time before the quarantines came into effect. It did not plan for enough telephone operators. It did not plan for adequate supervision between the airport and the hotel. It did not plan to share information with hotel operators.
What was the government doing during those two months of inaction?