Did Canada Learn Anything From COVID-19?

Canada lost nearly 65,000 people to COVID-19, yet six years later there has still been no national inquiry into what went wrong.
From long-term care and lockdowns to privacy, PPE, debt and public trust, what did Canada actually learn from the pandemic?

In this episode, we break down:
• Why Canada has not held a national COVID-19 inquiry and what an independent review could uncover
• The devastating impact of COVID-19 on long-term care homes and questions around future pandemic preparedness
• Lockdowns, school closures, travel restrictions and the debate over whether pandemic policies achieved their goals
• Canada's reliance on foreign PPE, vaccines and medical manufacturing during a national emergency
• National security concerns involving Canadian research, China and the Winnipeg laboratory controversy
• COVID-era cellphone data tracking, privacy concerns and the erosion of public trust in institutions
• The social and mental health consequences of lockdowns, including the lasting impact on young Canadians
• How pandemic spending, low interest rates and asset inflation may have widened Canada's wealth gap
• Whether Canada could financially withstand another pandemic response involving massive deficits and emergency spending
• What governments should learn now before Canada faces another major public health emergency

Hosts: Jim Lang, Liam DeBoer

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:41 Long-term care and pandemic preparedness
05:15 Lockdowns, schools and lessons from other countries
07:19 Canada's PPE and medical manufacturing problem
10:46 Winnipeg lab, China and national security concerns
13:41 Travel restrictions and pandemic policy questions
15:30 Economic, social and mental health consequences
18:06 What previous Canadian pandemic reviews accomplished
20:43 Cellphone tracking, privacy and government power
23:25 Public trust and accountability after COVID-19
27:55 Will Canada ever hold a national COVID inquiry?
30:27 Pandemic wealth inequality and the growing economic divide
32:51 Deficits, inflation and the cost of another pandemic
35:02 Final thoughts

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