Declassified cabinet records show Canada was once declared world's ‘best prepared’ country for a pandemic

Declassified cabinet records show Canada was once declared world's ‘best prepared’ country for a pandemic

Subhead:Despite early claims of superior preparedness, later reports admitted the Public Health Agency was not ready for COVID-19.#     Newly declassified cabinet records show the federal government was told Canada was the “best prepared” country in the world for a pandemic, years before COVID-19 exposed serious weaknesses in the country's emergency response system. According to Blacklock's Reporter, confidential minutes from a February 10, 2005…