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Linking science, health and policy more effectively: foresight for the next normal

OTTAWA—Hindsight is 20/20—or so they say today. But what happened to foresight? It’s Nov. 7, 2001. The place is Ottawa. The meeting is with health ministers and officials from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the U.K., the U.S., and the EU. The topic is health security and bioterrorism—a few months following the events of […]

Donald Trump’s miracle vaccine

LONDON, U.K.—Nine of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have just promised not to apply for regulatory approval for any new COVID-19 vaccine before it has gone through all three phases of clinical study. Why would they do such a thing? You’d be surprised if brain surgeons got together and promised not to operate while drunk, […]

Key chapter in Canada’s COVID story begins as kids return to school

OTTAWA—Yes, yes, the speech from the throne coming on Sept. 23 is fast approaching and we will see if, somehow, we get catapulted into an election. I still rate the odds of that slim, but 2020 has been the year when normal thinking does not apply. Speaking of normal, how intimate will it be for […]

Feds should focus on gauging ‘wariness’ of COVID measures, says strategist, after public opinion research spending dip in 2019-20

The Liberal government spent $11.3-million on public opinion research studies in the last year, but those efforts didn’t capture much of the public’s reaction to COVID-19 spending, and in turn, experts say Ottawa’s efforts should now shift to gauging Canadians’ evaluation of its relief efforts. The feds commissioned a total of 121 projects spanning 30 […]

Security hits shaky ground when law and order become a catchphrase

OTTAWA—During his 2015 campaign for the Republican Party leadership, Donald J. Trump claimed that he was “the most militaristic person ever.” No sooner had Trump made that boastful claim than the press pilloried him for his demonstrable absence of any actual military service. The New York Post dubbed him “G.I. Joke” and commentators pointed out […]