Hajdu and senior public health officials were saying publicly that the risk of transmission was low in Canada right up until early March. "What was the evidence that the Canadian public was prone to panic about the government being bold about the truth? Wark said the early failures of public health officials can be traced to a gap in Canada's intelligence apparatus. Wark said much of Canada's intelligence-gathering on disease is carried out by the Public Health Agency of Canada. But recent reporting has suggested that the agency's Global Public Health Intelligence Network (GPHIN) was sidelined in the early days of the pandemic.

Source: CBC News September 14, 2020 07:52 UTC