U.S.-backed vaccine waiver should force Canada to support initiative, say politicos

Pressure is mounting on the Canadian government to back the waiver as it has received support from the U.S. and more than 30 Liberal MPs are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to champion the initiative.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and International Trade Minister Mary Ng remain tight-lipped over whether Canada will support a WTO TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 vaccines as U.S. President Joe Biden and his Trade Representative Katherine Tai backed the plan. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and photographs courtesy of Flickr and Twitter

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BY NEIL MOSS

May 12, 2021

The U.S. decision to support a waiver that could potentially lead to increased global COVID-19 vaccine production could force Canada's hand as it has long delayed making a decision on the proposal put forward at the World Trade Organization, say analysts, including a former Liberal trade minister an...

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