Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy

As another possible pandemic looms, the discovery research engine that will help protect Canadians' health sputters, stalls, and may fall off the rails.

Health Minister Mark Holland. The federal government has not done enough to respond to recommendations from a report it commissioned on Canada's pandemic response, write Senator Stan Kutcher, John Bergeron, and Kathleen Dickson.

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, JOHN BERGERON AND KATHLEEN DICKSON

January 9, 2025

Canada suffered through the COVID-19 pandemic, experiencing negative impacts that may have been mitigated if we had been better prepared. Our experience with the SARS outbreak about two decades earlier should have resulted in a more effective and robust response to COVID-19....

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