The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:
Canadian officials confirmed Thursday that fewer doses of Moderna’s covid-19 vaccine will arrive later this month, but said they don’t know why the company has again reduced its shipments.
Just days ago, Moderna gave Canada yet another vaccine headache, joining Pfizer. The Public Health Agency of Canada revealed the drugmaker would only send about 78 per cent of Canada’s expected allotment of vaccines during the first week of February. That’s about 180,000 doses instead of 230,400.
ALSO: Canada could have a significant increase in doses of its Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine just as the next shipment from Moderna is thrown into doubt.
A document prepared by the Public Health Agency of Canada last week and obtained by The Globe and Mail on Wednesday shows the government expects another disruption in shipments from Moderna on top of a 22-per-cent cut to this week’s delivery.
GUEST: Abigail Bimman, Ottawa Correspondent for Global National
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that there could be an announcement next week regarding the eventual reopening of the economy.
Ford made the comment as he toured a new COVID-19 testing facility at Pearson International Airport on Wednesday afternoon.
It comes on the heels of Quebec Premier Francois Legault announcing that non-essential stores, personal care salons and museums across the province will be permitted to reopen next week
ALSO: COVID-19 restrictions have spurred an online movement of Canadian small business owners planning to reopen their doors on Feb. 11 in defiance of provincial lockdown orders.
As of Thursday evening, the website for the protest, organized by a group called “We Are All Essential,” has a list of 126 businesses from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec who have purportedly vowed to open their doors on Feb. 11.
GUEST: Rocco Rossi, President and CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce
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The federal Conservatives are calling for a special House of Commons committee devoted to Canada-U.S. relations.
They’ll advance the idea during a debate in the House of Commons today devoted to Opposition business.
GUEST: Laura Babcock. President, PowerGroup
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