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iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on Apr 16, 2021 5:22pm AstraZeneca s COVID vaccine (WikiMedia Commons photo) Ottawa paid nearly twice what other countries did for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines, according to an email from a senior member of the prime minister’s staff. Various news reports from the fall suggest that countries were buying vaccines from AstraZeneca for as little as US$3 (approximately $3.75 Canadian). But Canada agreed to buy its first 20 million doses from the company for $8.18 apiece, Rick Theis, director of policy and cabinet affairs in the Prime Minister’s Office, wrote to colleagues the day before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the deal.

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