The official who had final authority to approve new vaccines in Canada says at no time was she pressured to authorize the COVID-19 shots, even though the prime minister had said vaccination was the only way to get back to normal.
“No one ever told me that the prime minister wants this to be done,” said Dr. Celia Lourenco, now acting associate assistant deputy minister with Health Canada and previously director general of the Biologic and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate in the department.
