Les Linklater tapped to oversee federal COVID-19 testing and contact tracing

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Les Linklater was previously an associate deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada who was charged with repairing the Phoenix pay system. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 15, 2020

Les Linklater, the federal bureaucrat that was tasked with fixing the Phoenix pay system, has now been charged with leading the federal effort on COVID-19 testing and contact tracing at Health Canada. The Canadian government is now working with provinces on a contact tracing app to...

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