Mr. Speaker, in my riding, students are not able to find post-graduate jobs, people are struggling with mental health, civil liberties are being eroded, small businesses are going bankrupt and families are not able to feed themselves all because of the COVID pandemic and the Liberal government's botched response.
I have heard from friends and family of people taking their own lives because of financial pain and isolation. It is very heartbreaking to hear. The reality is that only about 4% of Canadians have received a single dose of the vaccine, while other countries are easing restrictions and opening up. Our per capita vaccination rate is behind more than 40 countries.
We need to get the vaccine rollout right in order to secure jobs and secure our future, but the Liberal government is failing Canadians. While it negotiated with CanSino, a deal that eventually flopped, other countries secured deals with Pfizer and Moderna that put them near the front of the line.
Canadians are paying dearly for the government's mistakes. The government needs to start doing its job so Canadians can get back to doing theirs.