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iPolitics By Charlie Pinkerton. Published on May 10, 2021 5:41pm The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine arriving in Canada on March 3 (Bill Blair via Twitter) A parliamentary committee’s request that the federal government turn over the contracts it signed with the makers of COVID-19 vaccines has gone unanswered for almost three months. That’s because Ottawa is still negotiating with the manufacturers about how to release them, a senior official from the Privy Council Office (PCO) said Monday. On Feb. 19, the House of Commons’ Health committee passed a motion attempting to secure the release of the legal agreements Ottawa signed with seven vaccine-makers: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, Medicago, and Sanofi & GSK. ....
With Canada’s vaccine supply appearing to have stabilized, at least for now, the latest point of pandemic-related friction between the federal and provincial governments seems to be cross-border traffic specifically, the “non-essential travel” that at least one premier is openly blaming for the current third wave of infections. As the Star’s Susan Delacourt reports, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc “fired off a letter to Ontario this weekend, asking (Premier) Doug Ford and his cabinet to identify which international travellers they want banned from entering the province.” “LeBlanc’s four-page letter … is a reply to Ford’s escalating bid to pin the blame on Trudeau for the third wave of the pandemic, which included an attack ad launched by the provincial Conservatives last week,” she notes. ....
Trudeau, Jason Kenney, Zita Astravas on witness wish list for Gen. Vance hearings MPs agreed Tuesday to have three hearings before Feb. 26 on allegations of improper behaviour involving the former chief of the defence staff. Author of the article: David Pugliese • Ottawa Citizen Publishing date: Feb 09, 2021 • February 9, 2021 • 2 minute read Minister of National Denfence Harjit Sajjan (C) and Chief of Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance (R) listen as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) speaks during a news conference January 9, 2020 in Ottawa, Canada. Photo by Dave Chan / AFP Article content MPs on the House of Commons defence committee will hold a series of hearings into allegations about former chief of the defence staff Gen. Jon Vance. ....