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Policy and Rights Jagmeen Singh on the Federal Budget
April 12, 2022 21:31 - 16 minutes - 18.7 MBNDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill following the presentation of the federal budget. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and Right Chrystia Freeland on the Liberal Governemnt Budget
April 12, 2022 00:56 - 50 minutes - 57.9 MBIn the House of Commons, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presents details of the 2022 federal budget. This is the Liberal government's first budget since the September 20, 2021, federal election. It is also the first since the NDP agreed to support the Liberals on confidence votes in exchange for action on dental care and pharmacare, among other priorities. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and Rights Justin Trudeau on Introducing a New Federal Budget
April 07, 2022 23:31 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBBuilding a future that is fair, equal, and peaceful, with clean air and clean water for everyone, is at the heart of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). All UN member States adopted the 17 SDGs as part of a shared blueprint that focuses on ending poverty, improving health and education, reducing inequality, spurring economic growth – all while tackling climate change and protecting the environment. Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that, at the invitation of...
Policy and Rights crisis in Ukraine Ukrainian MP's in Canada Pleding for Help
April 02, 2022 21:45 - 58 minutes - 67.4 MBA delegation of five members of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, hold a news conference while visiting Ottawa during Russia’s ongoing invasion of their country. Speaking with reporters are Lesia Zaburanna (chair of the delegation), Yevheniya Kravchuk, Anastasia Radina, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, and Maria Ionova. The delegation members call on the Canadian government to supply more heavy weaponry and financial aid, and for additional economic sanctions against Russia. They also ...
Policy and Rights President Biden Opens US Oil Reserves tolower Fuel Prices
April 01, 2022 18:24 - 46 minutes - 52.9 MBUS President Joe Biden has ordered the release of up to one million barrels of oil per day from the United States’ strategic petroleum reserve, as it moves to lessen the impact of rising gas prices amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The US and other nations have barred imports of Russian oil and gas over the country’s ongoing invasion of its neighbour, while European countries have pledged to wean themselves off energy supplies from Moscow. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.sp...
Policy and Rights WHO Update on Global Health Concerns Including Covid19 and Ukraine Humanitarian Efforts
March 31, 2022 22:18 - 52 minutes - 60.3 MBWHO is releasing our updated Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan for COVID-19. This is our third strategic plan for COVID-19, and it could and should be our last. It lays out three possible scenarios for how the pandemic could evolve this year. Based on what we know now, the most likely scenario is that the virus continues to evolve, but the severity of disease it causes reduces over time as immunity increases due to vaccination and infection. Periodic spikes in cases and ...
Policy and Rights Emmett Till Antilynching Act in The United States
March 30, 2022 21:16 - 55 minutes - 63.3 MBPresident Biden Signs Into Law H.R. 55, the “Emmett Till Antilynching Act” Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and Rights Ukraine Crisis is Ukrainian Army Holding off the Russians
March 29, 2022 22:33 - 24 minutes - 28 MBCan the Ukraikian Army hold up to the Russians? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and Rights Ukraine Crisis Biden and Truduea in Europe
March 26, 2022 20:33 - 46 minutes - 53.5 MBPrime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin speak briefly with reporters ahead of their bilateral meeting in Brussels, Belgium. The prime minister is in Belgium on a two-day official visit, during which he will attend meetings of European Union, G7 and NATO leaders concerning the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Council President Charles Michel comment briefly ahead of their bilateral meeting in Brussels, Belgium. The p...
Policy and rights Crisis in Ukraine Meeting with NATO and Humanitarian Efforts
March 25, 2022 18:23 - 58 minutes - 66.7 MBJens Stoltenberg, the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), holds a news conference in Brussels, Belgium, following an extraordinary summit of leaders of NATO member countries about the military alliance's response to the ongoing Russian military attack of Ukraine. The summit comes one month since the start of Russia's invasion. NATO leaders confirmed more military aid to Ukraine and the creation of four additional battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and ...
WHO Update on Covid 19 and War in Ukraine
March 24, 2022 21:23 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBThe global increase in COVID-19 cases continues, driven by large outbreaks in Asia and a fresh wave in Europe. Several countries are now seeing their highest death rates since the beginning of the pandemic. This reflects the speed with which Omicron spreads, and the heightened risk of death for those who are not vaccinated, especially older people. We all want to move on from the pandemic. But no matter how much we wish it away, this pandemic is not over. Until we reach high vaccination c...
Policy and rights Crisis in Ukraine the United Nations Trying to Deliver Aid
March 24, 2022 21:19 - 1 hour - 79.6 MBWe strongly condemn President Putin’s unjustifiable and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and stand unwavering in our support of Ukraine’s democracy, sovereignty and territorial integrity. We are determined to defend our shared values and the rules-based international system. We are committed to the advancement of human rights, gender equality and inclusion, and the protection of fundamental freedoms. We call on Russia to stop its attacks on Ukraine immediately and unconditionally withdraw its f...
Policy and rights Crisis in Ukraine Chemical Weapons March 22 2022
March 24, 2022 00:33 - 58 minutes - 66.7 MBRussia has been accused of using phosphorus bombs in its invasion of Ukraine – as US president Joe Biden warned of the risk of a chemical weapons attack. White phosphorus munitions were deployed in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Monday, Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and rights Crisis in Ukraine March 18 2022
March 21, 2022 21:40 - 1 hour - 97.2 MBAs the Russian-Ukrainian conflict enters its 4th week, the Russian president Putin delivered a stark warning to West and called for natural unnecessary cleansing of the Russian society. The Kremlin leader said the West was enforced using the fifth column to try and divide the Russian society. He accused the Western alliance of funding misinformation to cause civil friction so as to achieve the ultimate goal of Russian destruction President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Canada's parliament, t...
Policy and rights Velensky says Close the Sky
March 16, 2022 19:58 - 38 minutes - 44.1 MBThe war Russia is waging against Ukraine has been described and probably very accurately described as barbaric, inhumane and unlawful. Russia has missiles and bombed civilian sites such as daycares, kindergartens, hospitals with pregnant women and sick children. In the city of miracle alone, they took a strike against a hospital that housed sick mothers and in another city, they took in a strike against a hospital there was housing, children with cancer. The war there is, is as described unsi...
Crisis in Ukraine March 14 2022
March 15, 2022 15:38 - 56 minutes - 65 MBInformal comments to the media by H.E. Zbigniew Rau, Poland’s Foreign Minister & Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), on the situation in Ukraine Prime Minister Trudeau strongly condemned the unlawful use of force and aggression by Russia against the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine. The leaders discussed the impacts of conflict across the region, including humanitarian and economic disruption and increased se...
Trudeau in Europe Talking NATO Leaders about Aid for Ukraine
March 11, 2022 18:36 - 43 minutes - 49.7 MBPrime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a joint news conference in Warsaw with Polish President Andrzej Duda. Trudeau announces additional humanitarian aid in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including $117 million for special immigration measures to accelerate the arrival of Ukrainians to Canada. The federal government is also tripling the amount it will match for any donations individual Canadians make to the Canadian Red Cross’s Ukraine Humanitarian Crisis Appeal, up to $30 million fr...
WHO The War in Ukraine and Global Health
March 10, 2022 21:50 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBStatement by Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe Firstly, we are working to get the health supplies that are needed into Ukraine, and ensure a sustainable system of “safe passage” for the delivery of humanitarian health supplies to where they are needed within the country. I have been working closely with Amin Awad, Assistant Secretary-General and UN Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine to establish such a route. Life-saving essential medicines, such as oxygen and insulin, pers...
Trudeau sending more military equipment to Ukraine
March 10, 2022 21:49 - 2 hours - 138 MBWhile in Germany, the Prime Minister spoke on the phone with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to reiterate Canada’s solidarity with the Ukrainian people, applaud their outstanding bravery and courage, and extend further support to the people in Ukraine. The Prime Minister informed President Zelenskyy that Canada will be sending a new shipment of highly specialized military equipment in the coming days to help the Ukrainian people defend themselves against Russia’s unprovoked and...
Policy and Rights Is the West Funding the Attacks on Ukaine with Our Fuel Supply
March 09, 2022 22:36 - 49 minutes - 56.2 MBDavid Muir, Zelenskyy addresses Russian bombardment of cities across his country and how his citizens are standing up against the Russian military. Palki Sharma Upadhyay How Western Automobiles are helping to fund the Russian invasion of Ukraine. What Joe Biden's obstacles to ending the Global need for Russian oil. In Poland how are the Ukraine refugees adjusting Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
UN Emergency Assembley Resolution on Russian Attack March 2 2022
March 04, 2022 00:30 - 3 hours - 215 MB[The emergency special session — the eleventh called since the founding of the United Nations — opened on 28 February, meeting less than 24 hours after being mandated to do so by a vote in the Security Council, following its failure to adopt a resolution condemning the Russian Federation’s recent actions in Ukraine. See Press Releases SC/14808 and SC/14809 for details.] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and Rights PAHO Update in the Caribbean
February 28, 2022 16:57 - 2 hours - 141 MBLow vaccination coverage in many countries of the Caribbean must be urgently addressed to stop the spread of COVID-19 and protect the most vulnerable, warned PAHO Director, Carissa F. Etienne, with health care workers and the elderly remaining particularly at risk. Out of the 13 countries and territories in the Americas that have not yet reached WHO’s 2021 goal of 40% vaccination coverage, 10 are in the Caribbean, she said at a media briefing today. Vaccine hesitancy, a lack of vaccination...
Policy and Rights UN veto resolution on the Ukraine
February 28, 2022 16:53 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBLetter dated 28 February 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/2014/136). In its third emergency meeting on Ukraine this week, Russia vetoed a Security Council draft resolution today (25 Feb) that would have condemned the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine. Following the vote, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, “you can veto this resolution, but you cannot veto our voices. You canno...
Policy and Rights Truck Convoy
February 01, 2022 01:06 - 1 hour - 90.5 MBIn a virtual news conference, officials from the City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) provide an operational update on the ongoing truck demonstration in the city. The downtown core in the nation's capital has been gridlocked since the protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates began on January 28 on Parliament Hill. Taking part in the briefing are Jim Watson, the mayor of Ottawa; Diane Deans, city councillor and chair of the Ottawa Police Services Board; Peter Sloly, chief of th...
Policy and rights January 23 2022
January 24, 2022 16:55 - 2 hours - 141 MBWe need to find peaceful resolutions to things. We need to find ways to honor everyone and their opinions, so that we all are known to be equal discriminate discrimination because of gender, race, religion needs to come to an end the ideals of colonialism need to be stopped in genocide brought to an end Transcribed by https://otter.ai Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and Rights January 16 2022
January 17, 2022 21:35 - 3 hours - 190 MBThe Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) continues to monitor COVID-19 epidemiological indicators to quickly detect, understand and communicate emerging issues of concern. Today, I presented an update on national epidemiology and [… Correctional Service Canada News release January 14, 2022 – Harrison Mills, British Columbia – Correctional Service Canada Correctional Service Canada (CSC) advises that 10 inmates at Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village in […] If adopted, the Nationality and Borders B...
Policy and Rights January 8 2021
January 09, 2022 22:35 - 1 hour - 121 MBConservative Leader Erin O'Toole faced questions Thursday about his most recent calls urging the government to "accommodate" those who choose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine, amid a surge of Omicron cases that is overloading health-care workers. He said while incidence rates in ICU admissions are higher for the unvaccinated, due to Omicron, they are seeing some fully vaccinated and it shows why the government needs to get more protective tools to help stop the spread. Adrian Dix, Minister...
Policy and Rights Omnicron VAriant December 23 2021
December 24, 2021 19:02 - 1 hour - 132 MBRavi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation; and Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General; on COVID-19 relief supports for businesses and an update on winter weather preparations. WHO is issuing updated guidance for health workers, recommending the use of either a respirator or a medical mask, in addition to other personal protective equipment, when entering a room where there is a patient with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. In a virtual news conf...
Policy and Rights December 19 2021
December 19, 2021 23:59 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBSurrey Mayor Doug McCallum, who is facing one count of public mischief, has defended the city’s decision to fund his legal bills and insists that his work at City Hall has not been disrupted. Bill C-2 is also designed with an understanding that some workers may require income support if they need to take time off because they’re sick, under quarantine, or have caregiving responsibilities. “These measures will help us to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect the ones we care about,” said Adr...
Policy and Right Canada will Boycott the China Olympic
December 11, 2021 01:13 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBPolicy and Right Canada will Boycott the China Olympic Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and Rights Omnicron Variant December 3 2021
December 04, 2021 22:06 - 1 hour - 82.6 MBPrime Minister Justin Trudeau and Liberal MPs speak with reporters on Parliament Hill as the federal party holds its weekly caucus meeting. They face questions on travel measures to prevent the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, calls for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, and a report from the parliamentary budget officer on clean drinking water for First Nations communities. (December 1, 2021) In a consensus decision aimed at protecting the world from future infect...
Policy and Rights Child Vaccines November 27 2021
November 28, 2021 21:25 - 1 hour - 96.6 MBIn a virtual news conference, Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser with Health Canada, confirms the department's regulatory approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine for children ages five to 11. This is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized for use with this age group in Canada. It will be offered in doses one-third the size that is given to those ages 12 and older. Dr. Sharma is joined by Dr. Marc Berthiaume, director of the Bureau of Medical Science at Health Ca...
Policy and Rights Throne Speech reactions November 26 2021
November 27, 2021 17:10 - 1 hour - 91.4 MBOn Parliament Hill, Conservative natural resources critic Michelle Rempel Garner calls on the federal government to put forward a plan to address climate change while also supporting energy workers and respecting the rights of provinces to develop resources. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill following his party's first caucus meeting since the opening of the 44th Parliament. He highlights the NDP's priorities and responds to questions on whether his party will...
Policy and Rights Trudeau Making a Deal with US and Mexic
November 19, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBPresident Biden Hosts The Right Honorable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Canada, and His Excellency Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of the United Mexican States, for the North American Leaders’ Summit (NALS) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a question-and-answer session hosted by the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. Former United States Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson moderates the session, which is followed by a panel discussion with the prime minister a...
Policy and Rights Should we Question Everything
November 11, 2021 19:03 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBThe WHO chief asked countries which have already reached high coverage rates, to give their place in the queue to COVAX and AVAT, the African Union initiative for vaccine distribution, pointing out that the United States has already led the way with its government supply of Moderna shots. “Chronic underinvestment has made the Americas vulnerable to COVID-19,” Dr. Etienne said today in a media briefing on COVID-19. With cases rising in some parts of the region following a two-month decline, i...
NDP / Liberal Coalition Agreement
November 10, 2021 16:09 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBNDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill following a meeting of his party’s caucus about priorities for the upcoming session of Parliament. He faces questions about a potential formal agreement for the NDP to support the Liberal government as Parliament returns on November 22. The NDP leader says there is no discussion of a coalition and rejects the possibility of forming one, but indicates he is open to finding ways to make Parliament work and accomplish some of his ...
Policy and Rights Carbon Emission November 5 2021
November 06, 2021 15:16 - 1 hour - 98 MBScores of major coal using countries like Poland, Ukraine and Vietnam have committed to phase out the fossil fuel, in a series of commitments announced at the COP26 climate talks - although campaigners say promised action isn't enough Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and rights Covid update November 4 2021
November 05, 2021 02:48 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBWashington D.C. November 3, 2021 (PAHO) – While downward trends in cases and deaths continue across much of the Americas for the eighth consecutive week, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Assistant Director Jarbas Barbosa warned that “progress in our region is not a reason to become complacent or discontinue the public health measures that help keep us safe.” “It is critical for all of us to stay the course until everyone is vaccinated and protected from the virus,” he said during a we...
Policy and Right #COP26 Ocober 31 2021
October 31, 2021 22:54 - 1 hour - 100 MBSo, here’s where COP26 gets interesting: during the conference, among other issues, delegates will be aiming to finalise the ‘Paris Rulebook’, or the rules needed to implement the Agreement. This time they will need to agree on common timeframes for the frequency of revision and monitoring of their climate commitments. Basically, Paris set the destination, limiting warming well below two degrees, (ideally 1.5) but Glasgow, is the last chance to make it a reality. Canada is falling behind th...
Policy and Rights United Nation on Climate Crisis
October 29, 2021 02:51 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBNew and updated commitments made ahead of the pivotal climate conference COP26 in the past months are a positive step forward, but the world remains on track for a dangerous global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C this century even if fully met, a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has warned. Tuesday’s new Emissions Gap Report shows that updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) - the efforts by each country to reduce national emissions, as well as other commitments...
Policy and Rights A Healthy Planet October 25 2021
October 27, 2021 02:43 - 1 hour - 119 MBAt a news conference in Victoria, British Columbia Premier John Horgan announces the launch of the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030. The climate plan brings in a number of new measures that the government says will help combat the effects of climate change, including increasing the price of carbon pollution, strengthening regulations on industrial methane emissions, requiring all new buildings to be zero-carbon by 2030, and aiming to have all cars in the province zero-emission by 2035. The premier is ...
Policy and Rights Travel Vaccine Passports child Vaccine October 22 2021
October 23, 2021 21:44 - 1 hour - 111 MBCanada has lifted a blanket advisory against all non-essential travel outside the country, but public health officials are still advising Canadians to be very mindful of travel decisions Health systems like that are a vital first line of defence against outbreaks with epidemic and pandemic potential; but they’re also essential for promoting health, preventing communicable and noncommunicable diseases, and for reducing inequalities and inequities. This week, WHO published a new position pap...
Policy and Rights Climate Change Health and Poverty October 2021
October 21, 2021 07:54 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBolitical stagnation is “fuelling tensions, instability and a deepening sense of hopelessness”, the top UN official working towards peace in the Middle East warned the Security Council on Tuesday. “We should have no illusions about the current state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland said, describing a situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) that continues to deteriorate, with no progress towards a two-State solution. Cycle of violence He ...
Jusitin Trudeau Visit Tk emlups te Secwepemc First Nation about Truth and Reconcilation October 18 2021
October 19, 2021 13:59 - 2 hours - 187 MBJusitin Trudeau Visit Tk emlups te Secwepemc First Nation about Truth and Reconcilation October 18 2021 Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau take part in a series of events as the prime minister visits Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc to honour the survivors and victims of residential schools. They are joined by AFN National Chief RoseAnne Archibald as well as local community members and survivors of residential schools. The Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc Nation announced last spr...
Policy and Rights Climate Change human Rights and Health October 13 2021
October 15, 2021 02:44 - 1 hour - 109 MBContext: The press conference will see the launch of a WHO COP26 special report on climate change and health along with an open letter from over 45 million health professionals worldwide calling for an ambitious outcome at COP26. Opening remarks: Dr Naoko Yamamoto, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage / Healthier Populations Speakers Dr María Neira, WHO Director, Environment, Climate Change and Health Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Team Lead, Climate Change and Health, ...
Policy and Rights Government Issues October 13 2021
October 14, 2021 14:47 - 1 hour - 102 MBPolicy and Rights Government Issues October 13 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provides an update in Ottawa on the federal government's response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He is joined by Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. They unveil details of their government's plan to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for federal public servants and for domestic travellers. Federal public servants in the core public administration must be fully vaccinated by October 29. Unvaccinated empl...
Policy and Rights United Nations on Health and Human Rights Emergencies October 6 2021
October 14, 2021 14:45 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBPolicy and Rights Unite Nations on Health and Human Rights Emergencies October 6 2021 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and Rights Unite Nations on Health and Human Rights Emergencies October 6 2021
October 08, 2021 07:39 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBPolicy and Rights Unite Nations on Health and Human Rights Emergencies October 6 2021 Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.
Policy and Rights Do Our Elected Officials Listen to Us October 3 2021
October 04, 2021 07:58 - 1 hour - 134 MBSENIOR PERSONNEL APPOINTMENT Following consultations with the Executive Board of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the Secretary-General is pleased to reappoint Dr. Natalia Kanem of Panama as Executive Director of UNFPA for a second term of four years. The Secretary-General notes his appreciation of UNFPA’s powerful advocacy to advance the sexual and reproductive health and rights agenda, to address population dynamics, and to empower youth, as well as UNFPA’s focus on accountabil...
Policy and Rights Who gets to Choose in a Democracy September 30 2021
October 01, 2021 02:05 - 1 hour - 74 MBAdrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, for an update on COVID-19. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne announced today that the organization has entered into an agreement with Sinovac and is in advanced discussions with other manufacturers to purchase additional COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of countries to complement bilateral deals, donations and doses received via the international COVAX mechanism. Premier John Horgan...