It has cost something like $5.5 million in storage charges for unusable medicine and questionable COVID masks destined for the landfill, writes David J. Climenhaga. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published March 13, 2025. 

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/03/13/Cost-Smith-Tylenot-Folly/

It has cost something like $5.5 million in storage charges for unusable medicine and questionable COVID masks destined for the landfill, writes David J. Climenhaga. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published March 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/03/13/Cost-Smith-Tylenot-Folly/

Add Another 5.5 Million to the Cost of Smith’s ‘Tylenot’ Folly

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