Category: Global Public Health Intelligence Network

Complacency Contributed to Canada’s Lack of Preparedness When COVID Struck: Health Economist

Canada’s public health response to COVID-19 pandemic was slow getting off the ground, largely due to complacency and a focus on optics over substance on the part of federal bureaucrats, a health economist says. Livio Di Matteo, a professor of economics at Lakehead University, says Canada’s system developed to provide early warning of infectious disease…


Public Health Pandemic ‘Alert’ System Didn’t Operate as Intended for Covid-19: Report

OTTAWA—An interim examination of why the federal government’s pandemic early warning system failed to send up a formal alert on COVID−19 has been released. The audit was ordered by federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu after reports the Global Public Health Intelligence Network didn’t operate as intended at the onset of the pandemic. The interim report…