Conservative MPs Call for Investigation Into Ottawa’s $300M Loss on COVID Vaccines

The Tories are calling on the Commons health committee to probe PHAC over unfulfilled contracts for COVID-19 shots.

A vial of a plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed by Medicago, is shown in Quebec City on July 13, 2020. The Canadian Press/HO, Medicago

Conservative MPs are calling for a parliamentary committee to probe the $300-million loss of taxpayer money by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on unfulfilled contracts for COVID-19 vaccines.

“I believe that Canadians deserve and demand an explanation for how [the Liberals] believe that they could possibly bury, hide, and lose $300 million in taxpayer money,” Conservative MP Stephen Ellis said during a Nov. 6 meeting of the Standing Committee on Health.