Trudeau pulls a huge rabbit out of his hat

By procuring almost one-quarter million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the government will be able to start distribution immediately so that frontline workers and the vulnerable elderly will get protection. And once the procurement deal was announced, Health Canada moved quickly to approve the vaccine.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Dec. 7, 2020, crossing Wellington Street in Ottawa on his way to the Sir John A. Macdonald Building to hold a presser.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

December 14, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pulled a huge rabbit out of his hat last week. By procuring almost one-quarter million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the government will be able to start distribution immediately so that frontline workers and the vulnerable elderly will get protection. And onc...

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