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Former EMO boss says current rollout simply to save money and not lives By: Danielle Da Silva | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Tuesday, Apr. 6, 2021
The former head of emergency management for the Manitoba government has slammed the province s COVID-19 vaccine rollout as “incomprehensible” and suggested it’s time for the military to be called in.
The former head of emergency management for the Manitoba government has slammed the province s COVID-19 vaccine rollout as incomprehensible and suggested it’s time for the military to be called in.
Chuck Sanderson, who served as executive director of the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization for 11 years and retired in 2013, said recent setbacks at the mass vaccination clinic at the RBC Convention Centre in downtown Winnipeg have exposed lapses in provincial planning.
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Minister Ron Schuler is responsible for the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization. (Screenshot: Government of Manitoba/YouTube)
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Manitoba is extending an emergency measures move for the thirteenth time.
On Thursday, Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler is announcing the state of emergency is continuing for another 30 days.
“Our government continues to take preventative measures and remain cautious as we reopen the province,” Schuler says. “These have been challenging times and we understand the impact it has had on Manitobans, but we want to remind everyone to follow the fundamentals and keep your friends and family safe.”
This takes effect at 4 p.m. Thursday.