Close X
Saturday, November 16, 2024
ADVT 
National

B.C. to review its COVID-19 pandemic response

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 16 Mar, 2022 01:54 PM
  • B.C. to review its COVID-19 pandemic response

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government will conduct an independent review of its operational response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help it prepare and respond to emergencies.

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth has appointed a three-person team including two former deputy ministers and a public policy consultant to do the review.

A news release from the ministry says the team's consultations will include government agencies, First Nations, independent regulators and others to determine what worked and what can be improved.

It is also accepting written feedback from residents until April 20 about how they or their business have been affected by measures taken by the province and its communication during the pandemic.

The ministry says the scope of the review does not include an assessment of public policy, provincial health or economic recovery decisions, but it will look at how those choices were made.

The report is expected by the fall.

The team conducting the review consists of Bob de Faye, Dan Perrin and Chris Trumpy. Trumpy and de Faye are former deputy ministers, while Perrin also worked in the public service before founding Perrin, Thorau and Associates Ltd. in 1994.

MORE National ARTICLES

Feds delay new climate plan three months

Feds delay new climate plan three months
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the new federal climate plan won't be ready until the end of March. The net-zero accountability law passed in June requires the government to make public a greenhouse-gas emissions reduction plan for 2030 within six months.

Feds delay new climate plan three months

Disaster expert shares tips for flood recovery

Disaster expert shares tips for flood recovery
Caroline McDonald-Harker, a professor in the department of sociology and anthropology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, has studied the impacts of extensive flooding in southern Alberta in 2013 and the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire.    

Disaster expert shares tips for flood recovery

StatCan: Economy added 154K jobs in November

StatCan: Economy added 154K jobs in November
Statistics Canada says the economy added 154,000 jobs in November as the labour market showed more signs it's returning to pre-pandemic levels. The unemployment rate fell to 6.0 per cent last month compared with 6.7 per cent in October.

StatCan: Economy added 154K jobs in November

NACI strongly advises boosters for those over 50

NACI strongly advises boosters for those over 50
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has expanded its recommended eligibility for booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines in response to reports of waning protection against the virus. NACI now strongly recommends boosters for those over 50 and said all adults over the age of 18 may receive one as well. 

NACI strongly advises boosters for those over 50

Loblaw Financial wins court battle in tax case

Loblaw Financial wins court battle in tax case
In a 7-0 ruling today, the top court says Canadian provisions at issue in the case did not apply to the company, Glenhuron Bank Ltd., meaning tax on its income was not payable in Canada.

Loblaw Financial wins court battle in tax case

Eighty-six per cent of Commons witnesses spoke English in hybrid Parliament: Bloc

Eighty-six per cent of Commons witnesses spoke English in hybrid Parliament: Bloc
The Bloc Québécois says the issue is "very concerning" and has persuaded the board of internal economy to look into whether poor audio quality is leading to less interpretation into French, and from French into English.

Eighty-six per cent of Commons witnesses spoke English in hybrid Parliament: Bloc