Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 21 Sep, 2020 07:10 PM
WATCH: BC Premier John Horgan confirms that British Columbians will be heading to the polls on October 24th for the 42nd provincial election in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic. Says he struggled with the decision but says he believes now is the right time because it allows public to weigh in on the path forward.
Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs used potato fields in Florenceville in the northwest of the province as the backdrop as he called on voters to return his party to government.
COVAX is aimed at averting a scramble by individual countries to secure vaccines for their own populations, often by pre-buying doses directly from pharmaceutical companies.
Earlier this year Ottawa scaled back the requirements of the standard over the first few years to give companies more time to recover from the economic crisis caused by COVID-19, but McMillan says that is not enough.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Friday the federal government is providing $13.9 million to Toronto Public Health — enough to operate the 140-room isolation centre that opens this weekend for the next 12 months.
The evaluator had been tasked to speak with six former employees in Meredith's office and review all materials from a four-year investigation by the Senate ethics officer.
