Senator Saint-Germain: No.

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Senator Saint-Germain: Yes, senator.

Hon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Senator Saint-Germain, would you take a question?

Hon. Claude Carignan: Would Senator Saint-Germain take a question?

Senator Saint-Germain: Thank you for the question, Senator Carignan.

I think our pre-studies are done with just as much care. Let me point out that we have been in a pandemic for over two years now. That has to have influenced government legislation, the work of the House of Commons and our own chamber’s work. I feel that these pandemic times are exceptional and make it hard to compare anything to how both houses of Parliament have operated in normal times over the past few decades.

Senator Saint-Germain: Of course, former leader of the government in the Senate.

Hon. Claude Carignan: Would Senator Saint-Germain take a question?

Hon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Senator Saint-Germain, would you take a question?