We need to open the black-box relationship between public health officers and politicians

We need chief public health officers and elected politicians to do consistent communication and action against this threat to our collective safety. Imagine if there was a national and consistent approach, we might just get through this together.

Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam and deputy Chief Public Health Officer Howard Njoo, pictured Dec. 11, 2020, on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

April 19, 2021

OTTAWA—Did you know that about 140 countries had zero new COVID cases last week? Canada has suffered about 67 deaths per one million population and ranks 60th in the world. Canada is falling behind with poorly executed and politicized public health measures, complicated by each...

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