Scathing audit highlights PHAC failures

Attention and accountability are urgently needed to address the shortcomings highlighted in the auditor general's report.

Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam, pictured Jan. 5, 2021, in Ottawa.The Public Health Agency of Canada was established in 2004 after the SARS outbreak exposed massive failings in our country's public health infrastructure. The agency was specifically mandated to be Canada’s lead organization for planning and coordinating a national response to infectious diseases that pose a risk to public health.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY NDP MP DON DAVIES

April 19, 2021

The federal government’s failure to prepare for the gravest public health crisis in a century is something that should concern every Canadian. Recently released audit reports reveal a litany of errors and omissions by PHAC that led to a profound inability to respond effectively to th...

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