Time between pandemics might shrink, and feds must redefine health security, say influenza, intelligence experts

Climate change, urbanization and global travel are all contributing factors to the emergence and spread of pandemics around the world. Canada needs to gear up.

Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam and deputy public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo, pictured on the Hill on Dec. 15, 2020. Last week, Auditor General Karen Hogan found the Public Health Agency of Canada was not prepared for the pandemic, and failed on a number of important fronts, including early warning and data-sharing with the provinces.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

March 29, 2021

Canada needs better, smarter infrastructure to prepare for the spread of viruses that will "weaponize themselves on the pathways of globalization," say a vaccine scientist and a security expert. The wreckage from the COVID-19 crisis includes tens of thousands of deaths, billions of dollars lost by ...

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