Canadians demanded world-leading services in an emergency despite being entirely content to underinvest, for years and years, in our emergency capabilities
UPDATE - Canada s Chief Medic Defends Decision to Allow 4 Months Between Coronavirus Vaccine Shots Wed 10th March 2021 | 03:40 AM
TORONTO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 10th March, 2021) Canada s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Theresa Tam defended public health officials and advisors from criticism that arose following a decision to allow up to four months between coronavirus vaccination shots.
Canada s National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) issued guidance last week, allowing healthcare providers to significantly extend the window between vaccine shots. The recommendation sparked heated debate in the medical community with one top expert saying the recommendation goes beyond NACI s jurisdiction and official are conducting nothing less than a population-level experiment.
Evening Brief: Steep post-pandemic climbs ahead for women By iPolitics. Published on Mar 8, 2021 6:03pm Photo: Carey Moulton, WikiMedia Commons
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“There’s no doubt, when you add women, you change politics and you change it for the better.” That was the message from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered today to the delegates attending the Daughters of the Vote.
“We are all stronger for the leadership of women and people of every gender identity,” he said, adding that a rollback of the progress women have made can’t be a legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen many women leaving the workforce at a higher rate than men, and often taking on the greater share of caring for kids at home.