Category: Emergency Management

This review panel was established shortly after the last provincial election to look at potential legislative changes required to better manage how the Province of Alberta respond to public health emergencies. The Governance Review Panel heard from experts and members of the public, and the final report is now available.

The National Citizens Inquiry (NCI) was formed to hear evidence and review Canada’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

On September 14th, the NCI Commissioners released an urgent interim-report given Health Canada’s September 12th authorization for updated Moderna vaccine for Covid-19. This report is posted below.

Please check out the NCI website for more information on the release of the Interim-Report and the progress of this organization. The expert witness testimony of Shawn Buckley and Deanna McLeod that accompanies the report is worth checking out.

The following is a fascinating interview by Viva Frei (David Freiheit) with the last living Canadian First Minister from the patriation of the constitution in 1982, including the negotiations that lead up to this moment in history. The former Premier of Newfoundland, the Hon. Brian Peckford, puts the Covid-19 pandemic into context, especially as we consider constitutionally guaranteed rights and freedoms. The interview ends with Mr. Peckford reminding us that the health of any country’s constitution relies on the ongoing engagement of its citizens.

Mr. Peckford is also a contributor at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and his contributions can be found here: https://fcpp.org/authors/brian-peckford/