Madam Speaker, the truth of the matter is that we are where we are today because of decisions made by the current government. I mean the level of isolation, the impact on mental health and the loss of productivity in our nation, which was already going down the tubes before COVID hit us. The government chose not to close borders and allowed people from overseas into Canada when we should have been shutting our borders. Our rapid tests are not the best in the world and did not become readily available so that people would not have to stop going to work and going to school. PPE was sent to China. We were working with China on a vaccine when we have Canadian companies and other options, which then appeared to move more slowly because of the lack of interest from the government in working with them.
Where is the information on a means to strengthen Canadians' immune systems? Where was the transparency in the contracts the government created? There are so many things that caused us to be in a circumstance now in which Canadian businesses need that type of assistance that we have been pleased to hand out to them, but what they want is not to be on oxygen; they want to be back to work and functioning in a fully functioning economy. All of this has caused us to be where we are right now.