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COVID-19 vaccines: Canada wrestles with helping other nations or helping itself


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Karina Gould, minister of international development, holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
MONTREAL The COVID-19 vaccine rollout is highlighting the disconnect between the way Canadians see their role in the world and reality, according to international affairs experts.
Ottawa is facing pressure to help poorer countries access COVID-19 vaccines, but it is also being pulled internally by provinces demanding their citizens be vaccinated as quickly as possible.
The federal government says it will donate hundreds of millions of dollars to help developing countries vaccinate their citizens. But federal Procurement Minister Anita Anand has said Canada will do whatever it takes’’ to get more vaccine delivered to the country sooner including, she said, by upping the price it is willing to pay. ....

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COVID-19 vaccines: Canadians torn between helping the world and helping themselves


But as Ottawa faces pressure to help poorer countries access COVID-19 vaccines, it is also being pulled internally by provinces demanding their citizens be vaccinated as quickly as possible.
The federal government says it will donate hundreds of millions of dollars to help developing countries vaccinate their citizens. But federal Procurement Minister Anita Anand has said Canada will do whatever it takes to get more vaccine delivered to the country sooner including, she said, by upping the price it is willing to pay.
David Hornsby, professor of international affairs at Carleton University, said the pandemic has shed light on an inward-looking trend that has been developing in the country for decades. ....

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