The federal Conservatives want a COVID-19 vaccine made in Canada.
In an interview with Acadia News, party leader Erin O’Toole says at the very least we should get a vaccine that is manufactured in North America.
He says it doesn’t make sense we’re getting the Pfizer vaccine from Europe when a plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan is making the exact same thing.
“This is the irony, we’re getting our Pfizer vaccine from a Belgium plant even though we border Michigan and you would think we could make a provision for that,” says an exasperated O’Toole.
“What’s frustrating is the vaccine is the way we can finally turn the corner in this pandemic. Get the economy going, get life a bit back to normal. So it’s delaying that return to normal because the Trudeau government was so slow.”
O’Toole adds that if we had our own vaccine, we wouldn’t be so dependant on other countries.
