Canada COVID Response

• Call inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 response, medical journal urges

  Experts from 13 organizations across Canada, including doctors, nurses, researchers, law and humanitarian specialists, wrote a series of articles that made the argument.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2023
  
• ‘Boost your defences’ ahead of winter viral spread, Ottawa urges in mail campaign

  The postcards were sent to six million households with an expected price tag of $1.08 million, according to a spokesperson for Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada.

  Canada

  Dec 22, 2022
  
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• With millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses wasted, has Canada kept its donation promises?

  A new report by Canada’s auditor general says the federal government was quick to secure sufficient COVID-19 vaccine supply but unable to limit wastage.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2022
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• Canada’s auditor general says $27.4B in COVID benefits need more scrutiny

  COVID-19 benefits helped Canada's workers and employers, but not enough has been done to recover overpayments or investigate eligibility, a new auditor general report says.

  Economy

  Dec 6, 2022
• Canada’s COVID-19 response stacks up well against other nations: study

  Canada's rate of COVID-19-related deaths was 919 per million, once again second lowest behind Japan. All other countries were over 1,000 per million.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2022
• Omicron cases may be dropping in Canada’s First Nations: top doctor

  Dr. Tom Wong says now is not the time for leaders to relax health rules brought in to blunt the spread of COVID-19 amid the Omicron variant's rapid surge.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2022
• How did seniors get cut off from Canada’s pandemic supports? Internal document sheds light

  Opposition legislators say they've been flooded with calls from Canadians aged 65 and up who suddenly saw their monthly budget tossed out the window.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2021
• Seniors cut off from income supports after receiving Canada’s pandemic benefits

  Starting the week of Aug. 16, the government will provide a one-time payment of $500 to every senior who will be 75 and over by the summer of 2022.

  Canada

  Aug 5, 2021