The health minister also said that she has "confidence in how hard Health Canada is working" to investigate every possible drug, treatment and device that could help to fight the pandemic. "In municipalities across the country, chief public health officers have been essential to municipal responses. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he isn't going to wait for Health Canada to play catch-up with other credible health regulators before pursuing potential coronavirus tests or treatments. Dr. Tam said the approvals process is the fastest way to ensure that treatments or devices being rolled out are actually effective and safe. He accused some provinces of not sharing enough information and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) of censoring data before release.

Source: CBC News April 14, 2020 20:22 UTC