Federal Health Committee Agrees COVID Review Cannot Be Gov’t-Controlled

A man stands in front of the Nordstrom store, closed for in-store shopping in downtown Toronto, on Nov. 23, 2020. Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty Images

A government health committee has agreed that the Liberal government cannot review its own response to COVID-19.

MPs on the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health decided at their April 20 meeting that Liberal bill C-293, An Act Respecting Pandemic Prevention, needs to be revised.