Health committee  Davies' questions, by what date are you telling the provinces to be ready to administer the vaccine?

Business of Supply  We want to know what the government's procurement processes have been around things like PPE. We want to know information about the procurement for vaccines, how the government is going to distribute them and what is happening with all of these things. We want to know about the government's COVID-19 vaccine task force. To anybody who is watching this and has heard to the Prime Minister, the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader or the government House leader say that this is unreasonable, the only reason they will say this is unreasonable is because they have something to hide.

Health  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister just said that it would be months and months before a vaccine is available in Canada, so we need to use other tools right now. Yesterday, Anthony Fauci said that Canada must test widely in the community for asymptomatic spreaders in order to stop the spread of COVID.

Public Services and Procurement  Speaker, Radio-Canada reported that the Liberals signed contracts that gave the United States and Britain first access to vaccines ahead of Canadians. Potential vaccines from Novavax, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Moderna all report a minimum three-month delay for Canadians in favour of Americans and the Brits. Are the Liberals worried about producing documents related to the COVID vaccine because they know they will show they have signed contracts that put Canadians at the back of the line like they did with rapid testing?

Public Services and Procurement  Could the minister confirm that she agreed to contracts that put Canadians three months behind, at a minimum, the Americans when it came to a COVID-19 vaccine?

Health  The Liberals wasted the summer trying to figure out how to get out of the WE scandal instead of getting these rapid tests. Canadians should have access to rapid tests now, and a plan on vaccine distribution. Will the Prime Minister admit that these failures are why he is asking Canadians to cancel Christmas and saying some regions will get support for COVID, but not others?

Health committee  This is billions of dollars of taxpayer spending. Besides that, it's public policy decisions on restaurant closures and vaccination timetables. When we lose a week on this, we could have more closures across the country, so honestly, I don't understand why the minister can't make herself available for two hours—

Health  Just this weekend, we had the minister seated without a mask, seated beside a snack bag as her excuse, and we had the procurement minister say that Canada would not get vaccines or that we are on track for it, even though Radio Canada says that we are not. The government is all over the place on this. Parliament needs to do its job in order to scrutinize the government's response and spending.

Health committee  First of all, with regard to the issue of confidentiality, the motion itself has many different provisions for confidentiality, including the issue of confidentiality around vaccine production and so on. The law clerk is tasked with doing the redactions. If the Liberals on this committee are concerned about that, we should have the law clerk as our first witness here, and the law clerk can tell us about their approach to redactions.

Health committee  I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Standing Committee on Health commence a study on the emergency situation facing Canadians in light of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and that this study evaluate, review and examine all issues relevant to this situation, including the following: a) rapid and at home testing approvals and procurement process and schedule, and protocol for distribution; b) vaccine development and approvals process, procurement schedules and protocol for distribution; c) federal public health guidelines and the data being used to inform them for greater clarity on efficacy; d) current long-term care facility COVID-19 protocols as it pertains solely to federal jurisdiction; e) the availability of therapeutics and treatment devices for Canadians diagnosed with COVID-19; f) the early warning system Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN); g) the government’s progress in evaluating pre or post arrival rapid testing for travellers; h) the availability of paid sick leave for those in quarantine and voluntary isolation; j) the adequacy of health transfer payments to the provinces in light of the COVID-19 crisis; k) the impact of the government’s use of WHO advice in early 2020, decision to delay the closure of borders and delay in the recommendation of wearing of masks on the spread of COVID-19 in Canada; l) the Public Health Agency of Canada’s communication strategy regarding COVID-19; m) the development, efficacy and use of data related to the federal government’s COVID-19 Alert application; n) the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health; o) Canada’s level of preparedness to respond to another pandemic, and; p) the availability of PPE in Canada and a review of Canada’s emergency stockpile of Personal Protective Equipment between 2015 and present; q) The government’s contact tracing protocol, including options considered, technology, timelines and resources, and; r) the government’s consideration of and decision not to invoke the federal Emergencies Act; that this study begin no later than October 20, 2020, that the Committee table its findings in the House upon completion, that the government provide a response to these findings within 30 sitting days, and that evidence and documentation received by the Committee during its study of the Canadian response to the outbreak of the coronavirus commenced during the 1st Session of the 43rd Parliament be taken into consideration by the Committee in the current study. 2.

Health committee  This particular issue needs to be looked at not just in light of the evidence that was considered in the previous session of this Parliament but also in light of what has happened over the last couple of months. We need to have answers on the rapid testing procurement process, vaccine status and the decision to shut down the early warning system. There are several issues this committee needs to look at, and mental health is certainly one of them, but I think it needs to be done in a more holistic way.

Health  However, experts, researchers and scientists in other developed countries have already approved rapid and at-home testing, so this begs the question: If we are collaborating with these experts, researchers and scientists on things like a vaccine, why can we not use it for rapid testing? When will the review of rapid testing be complete in Canada?

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  He has not been transparent about his plans for the procurement and distribution of a potential vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. While he was doing this, he was awarding contracts to a charity run by two guys who gave his family members hundreds of thousands of dollars in celebrity appearance fees and who did a super woke video on MTV Cribs, which showcased their charity as a cultish mess of celebrity appropriation of African culture of the worst order.

Industry committee  You used the example of Canada funding the Chinese military or an institution associated with the Chinese military to build a vaccine and that being problematic. Do you want to expand upon that as well? I also have reservations with that approach.

U.S. Decision Regarding Travel Ban  What are we to do, we who value equality of opportunity; we who have created art and beauty, Ebola vaccines, and nanotechnology; we who value hope and the greater good; we who value knowledge; we who value love; we as Canadians? My entreaty to my colleagues tonight is this: that we reject facile arguments designed to sell products and people, and in doing so, value logic and compassion as we set about our legislative responsibilities in the matter of immigration policy to Canada.