Connaught Labs was privatized by Mulroney's Tories a few years after this 1984 article, putting an end to Canada's ability to mass produce vaccines.

Toronto Star, January 3 1984
A Toronto Star editorial and an op-ed by the paper's economics editor, both criticizing the prospects of Connaught Labs' total privatization.

Toronto Star, April 15 1989
Another Toronto Star editorial blasting the Connaught sell-out.

"Connaught BioSciences is one of the world's largest producers of vaccines, but it is surprisingly ill-equipped to resist the latest global virus - the foreign takeover bid."

Toronto Star, September 13 1989
An incredible example of the complete abdication of responsibility by Canada's political and corporate elites in the destruction of Connaught.

Toronto Star, September 30 1989
"Canada is in the business of running a market garden in the area of high technology. When these businesses bloom, we pick them, and sell them off to the highest bidder." - Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, chair of the Science Council of Canada

Toronto Star, September 16 1989
A mini-history of Connaught's achievements in research and vaccine production.

Toronto Star, September 30 1989
A good article on the dark side of Connaught Labs. But this history certainly wasn't the reason it was sold off!

Toronto Star, October 4 1989
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