I’ve had several Liberal partisans very angry at me for saying Trudeau dithered buying vaccines.
But this is objective fact. Just one example: he waited FOUR MONTHS after the US to buy the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab. See
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/amp/1743740/vaccins-canada-pandemie-retard-developpement
But this is objective fact. Just one example: he waited FOUR MONTHS after the US to buy the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab. See

Further, Trudeau later dishonestly said Canada is delayed because the Conservatives shut down Canada’s vaccine manufacturing capacity.
The objective fact is that Canada has manufacturing capacity, but Team Trudeau passed on using it. See
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-feds-passed-over-private-option-with-plans-to-produce-covid-19-vaccine/
The objective fact is that Canada has manufacturing capacity, but Team Trudeau passed on using it. See

I state no partisan view on whether the CPC or NDP would have done better, because that’s an unanswerable hypothetical.
But it is undeniable that the Liberals hideously mismanaged vaccine procurement and preparedness in 2020, and their errors will cause a world of pain in 2021.
But it is undeniable that the Liberals hideously mismanaged vaccine procurement and preparedness in 2020, and their errors will cause a world of pain in 2021.