Public Health Agency Of Canada Pandemic Planning

• ‘I am on it’: Health minister accelerates audit of vaccine injury program

  "I cannot add any comment more for now, but I am on it," Health Minister Marjorie Michel stated when a reporter pressed for more information about the accelerated audit.

  Investigations

  Jul 23, 2025
  
• Health Minister: Ottawa will try to improve Vaccine Injury Support Program

  'We are tracking it. It's unacceptable what we heard about this ... We will try to improve,' Health Minister Marjorie Michel said in brief remarks about the VISP program.

  Investigations

  Jul 21, 2025
  
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• Federal auditors target vaccine injury program amid surprise Oxaro office visit

  PHAC officials will continue to visit Oxaro's VISP offices “on short notice and in-person to ensure that performance standards are met,”a confidential source told Global News.

  Investigations

  Jul 3, 2025
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• Public Health Agency of Canada reviewing ‘the VISP experience,’ including users’ concerns

  PHAC is actively reviewing VISP concerns raised by claimants and beneficiaries and is studying similar programs abroad to learn best practices.

  Investigations

  Jul 2, 2025
• Canada’s public health agency blindsided by COVID-19, scrambled to respond: AG report

  The Public Health Agency of Canada spent years letting elements of pandemic preparedness slide before COVID-19 hit, says a new report from the auditor general.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2021