Canada Bloc leader slams Trudeau over 'unacceptable' handling of COVID-19 vaccine orders
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The leaders of Canada's three opposition parties questioned the Liberal government's handling of COVID - 19 vaccines during question period in the House of Commons Tuesday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to reporters outside his home in Ottawa on Tuesday. Canadian Press. Bergen pushes Liberals for better COVID - 19 plan. Coronavirus: Trudeau says Canada working on vaccine distribution, 'premature' to give date.
OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is blasting the prime minister's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, calling Justin Trudeau's pledge that vaccines will start to arrive in the coming months "unacceptable."

Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians yesterday even as he acknowledged that some other countries are likely to start inoculating their citizens first, citing Canada's low capacity to churn out vaccines.
Blanchet says the federal government should have moved sooner to help obtain manufacturing rights and beef up production capacity on Canadian soil.
Alberta expects roughly 680,000 vaccine doses will arrive in early 2021
Should ongoing trials for two COVID-19 vaccine candidates continue successfully, Alberta expects it will receive around 680,000 doses early in the new year. Speaking Wednesday at a press conference, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province's chief medical officer of health, said potential distribution depends on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. "So all of those checks and balances must be cleared," Hinshaw said. "If that does happen, [there] is a per-capita allocation of vaccine.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday spoke about the potential wait for a COVID - 19 vaccine when some countries are announcing a possible He added they signed a record number of deals with potential vaccine producers in order to make sure people get the vaccines as quickly and effectively
While the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany are talking about vaccinating people from COVID - 19 as soon as December, Canadians will have to wait a little longer. Abigail Bimman looks at the logistics, the contracts, and the promises.
The Bloc leader also says the short-term COVID-19 emergency centres on limiting viral spread, which he accuses Ottawa of managing with an "uncertain" hand.
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The United States, Britain and Germany have said their residents could start to receive vaccinations as early as December.
Trudeau said yesterday the federal government has signed orders for millions of doses from a variety of foreign pharmaceutical companies in recent months, and that Canada has been pushing the international community to ensure equal access for all.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 25, 2020.
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Canadians have in large measure approved of the response by their federal and provincial governments to COVID-19. That may be about to change. A Leger poll of 1,500 Canadians, released last week, said two-thirds of respondents are very or somewhat satisfied with the way federal and provincial governments have handled the pandemic. There were regional variations – Jason Kenney’s government in Alberta and Brian Pallister’s government in Manitoba saw noticeably lower levels of public approval.
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