Critics worry Canada’s approach to pandemic treaty marks continued gap between ‘rhetoric’ and ‘reality’ on vaccine equity

‘In situations where lives are at risk … humanity has to trump profit,' says NDP MP Heather McPherson.

NDP foreign affairs critic Heather McPherson said 'the worry' is Canada will take a similar approach on the pandemic treaty as it did on the TRIPS waiver during COVID-19.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

August 18, 2023

One of the authors of a major study in the British Medical Journal about Canada’s pandemic response says that any evaluation of lessons learned should include reviewing not only the domestic response, but also the impact of Canada’s approach on the world stage�...

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