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THUNDER BAY – The federal health minister says countries around the world are scrambling to acquire COVID-19 vaccinations.
Canada is not alone in this regard.
But while criticism has rained down on the country over the past week surrounding Canada’s vaccine procurement, Liberal Patty Hadju on Thursday said the nation’s vaccination numbers are rapidly rising among G20 countries.
According to the New York Times, Canada is 18th in the world, with 22 per cent of its population having at least one dose, which is sixth in the world when counting countries with more than five million people.
Canada is also in the top 20 in the world in total doses administered, having given out 9.1 million. The United States, which produces its own vaccines, tops all nations at 194 million and counting.
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THUNDER BAY - Local members of provincial parliament say the decision to keep students learning at home is the result of a lack of planning by the Ford government to keep schools safe during the pandemic and the province-wide school closure is unfair to northern students.
On Monday, the provincial government announced that all publicly funded and private schools across Ontario would remain under virtual learning for an indefinite period of time, as new daily cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in parts of the province.
“The first thing I thought was it’s too bad we didn’t do the investment in getting things in place to make our schools safe,” said Thunder Bay – Atikokan MPP Judith Monteith-Farrell. “So smaller class sizes, barriers, prioritizing vaccines for education workers. If those had been in place, maybe we wouldn’t have had to close our schools.”
City councillor Andrew Foulds pushed for a strong response to the province on plans to amalgamate health units. (File photo)
THUNDER BAY – Provincial plans to amalgamate public health units and reduce funding can’t be allowed to go ahead without a fight, say Thunder Bay city councillors.
Council unanimously backed a letter of objection from Mayor Bill Mauro and four other northern mayors on Monday, opposing provincial plans to reduce the number of health units from 34 to 10 in stark terms.
The changes would also see the province dial back its public health funding by a reported $200 million a year, directing municipalities to make up the difference.