Canada needs a health accountability officer.  The health care agreements that Canada has signed with provinces and territories include tens of billions of dollars in new spending. The problem is, these deals are extremely complex and lack transparency.

Ottawa considers donating 200,000 doses from its large #mpox vaccine stockpile. Canada initially refused but is under heavy pressure from other donor countries as outbreak worsens in central Africa, by Geoffrey York theglobeandmail.com/world/article-… via The Globe and Mail #GlobalHealth

Good that🇨🇦is considering sharing, but disappointing the country Bavarian Nordic considers one of its best customers for #mpox💉vaccine still hasn't actually done so, when doses from others (🇪🇺🇺🇸) have already arrived. Would like to see Canada lead, not follow, on #VaccineEquity.

First (known) human case of EEE reported in Ottawa:

Excited to see the upcoming release of this book by my inspiring McGill University colleague Dre Joanne Liu! Bravo Joanne! 🎉 …itionslibreexpression.groupelivre.com/products/lebol…

New World Health Organization (WHO) #PandemicAgreement 'Lite' shifts key decisions to a body that has yet to be set up - weakening language and commitments ✍🏻 Kerry Cullinan Balasubramaniam Elliot Hannon James Packard Love Nina Schwalbe healthpolicy-watch.news/new-pandemic-l…

This woman deserves the highest honours. I hope the rest of her life is filled with the best love, care, food, and healing.

“I am consumed by grief, devastation and anger." Anguish among Sudanese Canadians as they learn of the deaths of family members in Sudan who await processing under Canada's new family reunification program -- which has not allowed any arrivals so far. theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

Sheila found the Ford government rerouted the project to a path that offered the poorest performance for commuters, the fewest expected riders and lowest travel time savings — but runs through land owned by companies led by developer Angelo De Gasperis. thestar.com/news/investiga…

I met with PM Justin Trudeau today to discuss the urgent need for global leadership to stand with Afghan girls and hold the Taliban accountable. Their oppressive system of gender apartheid must be recognised as a crime against humanity. cbc.ca/player/play/vi…

Prof Dr Kevin Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020. The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip.

Last month we asked Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance & UNICEF to negotiate a more affordable price for the #mpox vaccine to ensure access for all. According to the vaccine's company Bavarian Nordic, the lowest market price Gavi will pay is US$65 per dose. This is inexplicably high. msfaccess.org/letter-csos-ca…

This week during #UNGA79 The Independent Panel stressed the need for leadership and investment in pandemic prevention and readiness. Co-chair Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, also of The Elders, said 'leaders cannot stand above the problem. They must be part of the pathway." #Preventpandemics

Vaccines save lives.

THIS CRISIS IS ONGOING IN FORT CHIPEWYAN: Leaders in Fort Chipewyan held a press conference this morning to announce high levels of contaminants such as heavy metals, uranium, hydrocarbons well above legal limits around the Big Dock and shores surrounding the small community in

So the province is restricting access to rapid tests (which cost about $1 each in bulk) So now I'm seeing people come to the hospital to get tested now, costing the system $1000. Really amazing to see.

This is the destruction of the 800+ trees at Ontario Place that Ontario Place for Everyone and Doug Ford don't want you to see. It's happening right now.

A dire shortage of medical supplies is being reported by front line home care #nurses in Ontario. The new supplier for Ontario Health atHome / Santé à domicile Ontario isn't able to make timely deliveries of key things like syringes, catheters and wound care supplies. I am hearing it is described internally as a

“The key message of this report is that Canada needs to take further action now if it is to be adequately prepared for future health emergencies” Sir Mark Walport-Expert Panel-Review of the Federal Approach to Pandemic Science #covid canada.ca/en/health-cana…

There is no safe place for children in Gaza. This shameful violence against children must end now.