By Troy Gillard

Says Canada behind some third world countries

MP Dreeshen blasts Liberal government over failure to deliver vaccines

Feb 3, 2021 | 2:48 PM

Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen is calling out the federal government over what he says is a failure to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Canadians, specifically central Albertans.

“It is quite clear that the Liberal government has absolutely no details in place to either combat the pandemic nor to vaccinate Canadians,” Dreeshen said after a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology held Tuesday.

Dreeshen and his Conservative colleagues questioned Health Minister Hajdu about the Liberal government’s “lack of transparency and its complete failure to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Red Deer – Mountain View and to communities across Canada.”

“One of the most disturbing consequences of the Liberal government’s confused, chaotic, and disorganized approach to the pandemic in general and to vaccine distribution has been the impact on individual lives,” Dreeshen insisted. “Measures like the new quarantine rules and monetary penalties for those returning to Canada may not have been necessary if we had an effective plan in place to ensure that Canadians are vaccinated.”

Dreeshen cited data showing Canada ranks 35^th globally in terms of vaccines distributed per capita, behind countries including Poland, Serbia, Bahrain, Denmark, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and the United Arab Emirates.

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He also highlighted where Canada ranks 61^st out of 98 countries in its performance on fighting COVID according to a think tank from Australia – Canada is behind countries such as El Salvador, Namibia, Paraguay, Italy and Belarus.

“The Prime Minister’s talking points really amount to this: We have secured the biggest portfolio of vaccines in the world, and not to worry. The truth is that Canadians are not interested in how many vaccines we could get. They are interested in how many vaccines we will get,” Dreeshen added.