Canada’s COVID-19 Experience ‘Far From Positive’: Think Tank’s Response to Trudeau’s ‘Better Pandemic’ Claim

Canada’s COVID-19 Experience ‘Far From Positive’: Think Tank’s Response to Trudeau’s ‘Better Pandemic’ Claim
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media in Ottawa before boarding a flight to the Yukon on Feb. 12, 2023. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press
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Despite claims by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada “had a better pandemic” than many of its peer countries, data shows that the Canadian experience has been “far from positive,” a think tank says.

A news release by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) on March 1 states that Trudeau’s claims do not paint a true picture of how his government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Canadians.