Should Canada follow Denmark’s lead and look to Israel to get more vaccines?

However, before jumping on the bandwagon, it would be wise to listen to the debate going on in all major Danish media these days, where the Danish prime minister has met a lot of criticism.

Jan Top Christensen asks whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should follow in the footsteps of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and link up with Israel to speed up Canada’s vaccine rollout. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, Flickr photograph by Louis Peckstadt

Opinion

BY JAN TOP CHRISTENSEN

March 12, 2021

On March 4, Denmark’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travelled to Israel on her own initiative to talk about COVID-19 vaccines with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She discussed options of buying Israeli surplus vaccines and possible Danish direct involvement in the producti...

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