Opposition MPs criticized the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday and called for more national leadership as variants of concern spread rapidly across many provinces. Minister of Health Patty Hajdu defended her government's response to the pandemic during an emergency debate in the House of Commons Wednesday. NDP MP Don Davies says the federal government has left too much to the provinces during the response to COVID-19. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)Both Manly and May called for the formation of an inter-provincial task force that would make collective decisions on the pandemic response. "A federal government … saying all it's responsible for is procuring vaccines and dispensing advice, is not good enough," said Davies.

Source: CBC News April 21, 2021 20:37 UTC