Health Minister Hajdu stops Dr. Theresa Tam from answering question about Canada’s emergency stockpile GlobePolitics
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Canada's Minister of Health Patty Hajdu speaks during a meeting of the special committee on the COVID-19 outbreak, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease , in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Hajdu intervened Friday to stop Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam from answering a question at a House of Commons committee .
Unless a change is being made to a program, Ms. Hajdu said it’s rare that such a specific concern would be raised at cabinet and usually ministers raise those issues with the finance minister directly. “I do believe that we don’t spend enough money on prevention and that would include preparedness," Ms. Hajdu said. But she added that the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile was"never meant to accumulate personal protective equipment but rather kinds of treatments for all kinds of biological events.”
“That is not just applicable to the federal government but also to the health system more broadly,” she said, adding there are different roles and responsibilities between Ottawa and the provinces and territories.
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