December Globe and Mail investigation
also uncovered a winnowing of scientific expertise at the Public Health Agency, which was pulled together to guard against the arrival of the next SARS. A process that had begun under Prime Minister Stephen Harper and continued under Trudeau, saw decision-making increasingly in the hands of bureaucrats rather than scientists. Critically, the agency had recently dismantled a pandemic early warning system, instead relying entirely on inaccurate information from Beijing.
Just a few days after Canada recorded its first COVID-19 case, on January 29, Theresa Tam told a House of Commons committee that the country could do well to improve the “social media literacy” of its citizens who were becoming overly panicked by the coronavirus. “As I have always said, the epidemic of fear could be more difficult to control than the epidemic itself,” she said.
After the United States restricted travel with China in early February, Health Minister Patty Hajdu chided opposition calls for Canada to do the same,“one of the interesting elements of the coronavirus outbreak has been the spread of misinformation and fear across Canadian society” and accused the Conservatives of trying to “sensationalize the risk to Canadians.”
A month later, at a time when COVID-19 had already spread to 60 countries and killed 3,000 people worldwide, Tam issued a March 1 tweet celebrating Zero Discrimination Day and re-upping her report warning against the health consequences of stigma. On March 5, Trudeau resisted calls to close Canada’s borders or even require self-isolation for arriving travellers, saying “there is a lot of knee-jerk reaction that isn’t keeping people safe.
crosscanadanew1 we haven't been steam rolled out east.
The dream team...between them they make up half a hamster brain...should all be working at Jiffy Lube
We are weak, complacent mediocre losers led by losers.
Seems that the Liberals viewed Covid as an opportunity, rather than a crisis. More concerned with using it to advance their political and social agendas than protecting Canadians. Even Trump left his country in a better position with vaccines than Liberals. Let that sink in.
Can someone get 2 big phone books for head of Public Health to stand on. justsayin
Almost 400,000 people die in Canada every year. Stop sensationalizing the numbers we have to grow a set and get on with life
March 11, 2019, 86% cases travellers or related to them. Borders fully opened until April 17. Tens of 1000s arrived from China and EU. Well managed?
Check out the looks of the three top problem solvers of Canada. People we can trust! (history will judge you).
... lol Covid-19 steamrolled everyone
Most Canadians feel our government has done well protecting us during pandemic. And if you measure success of health care by lives saves and vs. other countries, then those facts are there to back that up. But this paper doesn't represent most Canadians- It is 'Fox News Canada'
Monday morning QB-ing at its finest.
Now do the Government of Ontario.
Reminder.
Steamrolled? So would we have been better off with private Healthcare like the US. Seems all the countries that have govt run Healthcare are doing well. Maybe Ontario should look into LTR seems the private for profit system doesn't help anybody but the people running them!!
At least his cabinet composition is diverse. Small price to pay for equity and inclusion.
No one cares. 🥱
They all got the best immunity as scheduled from the best manufacturers, bonuses,exclusive access to best ppe and healthcare everyone else was denied & died, free 24/7 exclusive gov employees daycare, etc. They did great 😘
Their response was criminal...Why do these ppl still have their jobs? PattyHajdu CPHO_Canada JustinTrudeau
Canada has vast tracks of unpopulated land. Is there any Covid there?
InRodWeTrustMTL Steamrolled? You should be lucky you were able to write this article and myself, able to read it. None of this would be the case had we been 'steamrolled'. That being said, we were far from being perfect and definitely things we need to do better for a future pandemic.
I want Amir Attaran to be our PM! CPHO_Canada - your horrendous virtue signalling early in the crisis cost Canadian lives. You should have acted more like a scientists and less like a politician 😪
willingly You should add to that headline!
InRodWeTrustMTL If we got steamrolled what do you call what happened in the states
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