Feds mustn’t forget to fix pandemic failures in rush toward recovery

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to fix some of the weaknesses in the federal government and other Canadian institutions that undermined their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those promises must be fulfilled by his government, and perhaps the next, to prevent a similar disaster the next time a pandemic strikes.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

May 31, 2021

The federal government has struggled at times to react and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, which appears to have caught countless governments around the world unprepared. Canada's government clearly didn't learn enough from the SARS epidemic of 2003. It neutered the Global Public Health Intellige...

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