By Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
Top doctors and scientists have taken to the British Medical Journal (BMJ) to call on Canada to launch an inquiry into “major pandemic failures.”
At the centre of the call is a biting critique of the country’s fragmented public healthcare system and a full accounting of how Canada handled Covid-19 is needed to determine its weak points.
“We wouldn’t know because no pandemic inquiry has been established by (the) federal government. This is a mistake,” wrote the experts.
BMJ international editor and Canadian public health expert Jocalyn Clark told CBC News that she hopes the government doesn’t cover up how it handled the crisis.
“If this global catastrophe doesn’t cause the need for a deep examination… I don’t know what will,” said Clark.
“I hope the authorities don’t just sweep it under the carpet,” she continued.
“What we need is something at the federal level that’s properly legislated and governed… so that we’re doing a full comprehensive public inquiry that looks at the full pandemic response.”