Feds’ proposal for national testing framework may invite pushback from provinces, but experts say standards ‘essential’ as economy reopens

Statistics Canada, in particular, has the capacity to do much more sophisticated sampling, says Michael Wolfson, former assistant chief statistician with the agency.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured May 21 at Rideau Cottage, says his government is 'discussing' the proposed national framework for testing and contact tracing with the premiers tonight to look at 'how we can scale up testing immediately.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

May 21, 2020

As the federal government eyes the development of a national testing and contact tracing framework, public health experts are welcoming the commitment, saying it is crucial that it be drafted collaboratively, to ease any worries that Ottawa is overstepping its bounds.

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