There Are Experts and Then There Are "Experts"

 

Indeed:

Dr. Yaffe: "I just say whatever they write down for me."

Dr. Williams: "Yeah, same." pic.twitter.com/cdsw4n1Ax0

— CrasHTalk (@CrasTalk) December 15, 2020

 

That doesn't sound scammy and incompetent at all.

 

Also:

The Trudeau government is committing hundreds of millions in foreign aid. International Development Minister Karina Gould made the announcement of $485 million in new funding towards the global effort to provide COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries.

 

(Sidebar: with what money and there are no UN seats for you.)
 

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The pandemic is no excuse for concealing government records, a Northwest Territories information commissioner has ruled. Disclosure of public documents is as important as combating Covid-19, wrote Commissioner Elaine Keenan Bengts: ‘It is a fundamental check and balance on the exercise of emergency powers.’

 

(Sidebar: uh, yes, it is because Canada.)

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The Public Health Agency threw out millions’ worth of pandemic supplies to save $900,000 a year on warehouse leasing costs, according to internal memos. Masks, gloves and face shields were landfilled not due to budget cuts but a consultants’ report that called warehouse closures “more cost efficient.”

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Internal memos show the Public Health Agency was surprised by a public announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada as early as June was prepared for a vaccine roll-out. Staff complained a vaccine task force hadn’t even met at the time: “The procurement strategy does not exist."

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A U.S. conglomerate 3M Company beat out 499 other prospective bidders including Canadian firms to win a lucrative federal contract for high-grade pandemic masks, records show. The contract is worth a minimum $111.6 million and as much as a quarter-billion over ten years: “No issues have been raised.”

 

 I'll bet there weren't.

 

(Merci)