The Public Health Agency was chastised for failing to issue an alert that warned about the seriousness of the virus, as it was obliged to do by its emergency response plan.
Hogan also looked at the Canada Emergency Response Plan and the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy without asking whether the payment levels were justified. Statistics Canada revealed this month that many Canadians gained thousands more dollars in COVID support payments than they lost in wages. Disposable income among lowest earners increased 36 per cent in the second quarter of 2020, the agency said.
But it is the chapter on pandemic preparedness that will be the focus for the opposition parties. It provides corroboration for the charge that Ottawa did not adequately protect its citizens – the primary responsibility of any national government.
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