Canada’s Slow-Burn Vaccine Rollout Puts Pressure on Trudeau

Canada’s Slow-Burn Vaccine Rollout Puts Pressure on Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, on January 5, 2021. Blair Gable/File Photo/Reuters
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OTTAWA—Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign started on the same day in December as the United States, but it now lags dozens of countries, including its southern neighbor, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is feeling the pressure.

Canada’s lack of domestic vaccine production is at the root of the problem, forcing the country to depend on foreign companies with production abroad.