WHO Shouldn’t Encroach on Canada’s Health Sovereignty: Leslyn Lewis

WHO Shouldn’t Encroach on Canada’s Health Sovereignty: Leslyn Lewis
Conservative member of Parliament Leslyn Lewis rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 2, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Andrew Chen
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Conservative Party leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis says that the World Health Organization shouldn’t encroach on Canada’s health sovereignty with a global pandemic response treaty, and that Canada needs its own pandemic strategy.

The WHO’s governing body, the World Health Assembly (WHA), announced in December 2021 that world leaders have reached a consensus to begin drafting a global treaty to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.