Another alleged shortcoming of the federal government was that it did not do more to prevent a highly contagious variant from emerging in parts of the world without the vaccination coverage that countries like Canada have, said Don Davies, a Vancouver MP who is the NDP’s health critic.
While recognizing Ottawa alone could not prevent this, Davies argued the government could have helped developing countries set up their own vaccine manufacturing by pushing for pharmaceutical companies to waive intellectual property protections on COVID-19 vaccines.