The federal government’s insistence on partnering with a Chinese vaccine company in the early stages of the pandemic led to a nearly two-year delay in producing a Canada-made vaccine, according to a new report. The Canadian government waited months for a COVID-19 vaccine sample to arrive from China that never materialized, and wasted millions upgrading…
Failed Vaccine Deal with China Cost Millions, Delayed Canada-Made Vaccines: Report
Poll Finds Most Canadians Blame Federal Government for Vaccine Delays
February 16, 2021
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OTTAWA—The vast majority of Canadians blame Ottawa rather than provincial governments for delays in COVID-19 vaccine delivery, a new poll suggests. Sixty-nine percent of respondents believe Canada is behind on deliveries due to federal challenges obtaining doses on the global market, according to an online survey by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies. Only…
Every Vaccine Maker Was Asked to Make Their Doses in Canada and All Said No: Anand
OTTAWA—Every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they could not, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Thursday. Anand told the House of Commons industry committee that her department “proactively and repeatedly approached leading vaccine manufacturers” about the…
Ontario’s Vaccination Rollout Plan Facing Delays Amid Shortage of Pfizer Vaccines
Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout plan will slow down due to the announcement by Pfizer-BioNTech last week that it is temporarily delaying international shipments of the vaccines due to upgrading of its production facilities in Europe, Premier Doug Ford said on Jan. 19. “The news from the federal government today that Canada won’t get any new Pfizer…
Provinces Delaying or Revisiting Vaccine Programs as Pfizer Delays Dose Deliveries
OTTAWA—At least three provinces are now temporarily delaying or pausing COVID−19 vaccination programs amid fallout from Pfizer’s decision to reduce Canada’s vaccine deliveries over the next month. More than half a million Canadians have been vaccinated against COVID-19 thus far, and more than 822,000 doses of the two approved vaccines have been delivered from Pfizer-BioNTech…
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