Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Lac-Saint-Jean for his question.
I do not want to be rude, but I have to say it turned my stomach to witness the Minister of Health's three-hour appearance at the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations.
Let us not forget that the House ordered the Minister of Health to appear before the committee to explain and answer our questions. Such orders are not uncommon. The answers we got were just like those we heard during this afternoon's question period: evasive and indicative of total ignorance of the situation.
What most impressed me were answers to questions like this one: Were you briefed on what happened at the lab?
The minister's answer went something like this: No, I was not briefed about it. Was she not Canada's Minister of Health? That was either blatant disrespect or utter incompetence.