Madam Speaker, I certainly would never question the integrity of the member. I have a lot of respect for him. One thing I totally agree with him on is that he wears his heart on his sleeve, and I admire that about him.
However, I really think we need to keep the context here. That is key to this discussion. The truth is, and I have not seen this member do it, but I have seen a number of people from his party, especially during question period, get up and challenge how effective Canada is versus the United States, as one example, and talk about how the United States is so far ahead of us. Here is some information. As of today, Canada recorded 5,800 new COVID cases for the whole country. By comparison, Michigan recorded 5,900 and Florida recorded 5,600.
Would the member not at least agree, in that spirit of non-partisanship that he was talking about, that sometimes we might over-inflate a situation, both on this side and that side, in order to make a situation look better or worse?