Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, small and medium-sized businesses across the country have received unprecedented support from the federal government. With regard to support during the pandemic, $8 of every $10 spent has been spent by the federal government. We are there for families, we are there for students, we are there for small business owners, and we will continue to be there even as vaccines arrive—

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, we have been working to help Canadians, small businesses and families from the beginning of this pandemic. We have been developing a strategy to vaccinate as many Canadians as possible as quickly as possible. Every week more and more vaccines are arriving in Canada.

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Marc-Aurèle-Fortin for his hard work on behalf of seniors. Seniors are more likely to deplete their savings, have disabilities and be widowed at a time when their health needs are on the rise. In budget 2021, we kept our promise to increase old age security by 10% for Canadians 75 and up.

Health  Mr. Speaker, a year ago, there was no COVID-19 vaccine. Now there are many. Canada, because of our procurement strategy, was able to sign deals with seven different potential vaccine makers, many of which are now able to deliver vaccines, including to Canada. We continue to increase the pace of vaccine doses arriving in Canada.

Health  Mr. Speaker, I now understand why the hon. member for Carleton is not asking questions about the budget; he has not actually read the budget. Let me inform him that in this budget, we are extending emergency supports to bridge Canadians and Canadian businesses through to recovery.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, Quebec and Quebeckers have been child care trailblazers for some time now. We know it is not only the right thing to do, but also the smart thing to do for the economy, for equality, for opportunity and for economic growth. That is exactly why we are going to take what we have learned from Quebec and apply it across the country.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, for several years, we have been investing tens of billions of dollars across the country to improve the child care system. Every time, we have been able to come to a very positive agreement with Quebec in order to send the province money so that it can invest in families and children.

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, once again, let us look at the facts. During the first few months of the year, we promised Canadians that we would deliver six million doses of the vaccine. We delivered 9.5 million doses. We are keeping our word, but we recognize that we need to do more. That is why we are working hard every day to deliver even more doses of the vaccine across the country.

Families, Children and Social Development  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Cumberland—Colchester for raising this important issue. Child care should not be a luxury, it should be something everyone can afford. That is why budget 2021 commits up to $30 billion over five years to build a Canada-wide child care system.

Health  Mr. Speaker, we recognize that many Canadians are going through extremely tough times because of this third wave. We also recognize that there are places in Canada that have been spared this third wave, including the Atlantic provinces, where the federal government's work with those provinces has led to a different pandemic reality, and the far north, where the federal government's work with the territorial premiers has led to a different pandemic outcome.

Health  Mr. Speaker, again, it should come as no surprise that that particular member has a way of inventing facts. The reality is, we did get vaccines in January and February, unlike what the member is saying. Indeed, we need to continue to increase it. Although, for January, February and March, we actually surpassed our target of six million vaccines by almost 9.5 million vaccines total.

Health  Mr. Speaker, I have answered that question. It is fascinating to me that the former finance critic for the Conservative Party, the now critic for jobs and growth, has absolutely nothing to say about our federal budget. We just put forward an ambitious plan for jobs and growth. I am quite aware that the Conservatives have taken issue with it, but they are choosing to not use this opportunity for debate and for discussion in this House of Commons.

Health  Mr. Speaker, again I do not want to tell the health critic for the Conservative Party how to do her job, but if she looked around, the U.K. was actually the first country to expand that four-month spread strategy. It is a way of getting more people protected as quickly as possible.

Health  Mr. Speaker, from the beginning of this pandemic, we have had Canadians' backs with unprecedented supports for workers, for families, for small businesses, for seniors and for young people, and we have continued to do that. In discussions with the provinces and territories at the end of last summer, we moved forward with two weeks of paid sick leave, knowing it would make a big difference across the country and we continue to work on that.

Health  Mr. Speaker, yes, I promised that last December during conversations and meetings with the provincial and territorial premiers. I also acknowledged that our health care system has urgent needs in the short term. That is why we transferred billions of dollars more to the provinces and territories to get through this pandemic.