Theresa Tam Derek Sloan China Canada covid-19 Canada Coronavirus Coronavirus Theresa Tam Derek Sloan China Canada

COMMENTARY: Theresa Tam’s critics are wrong on coronavirus border closures

Reading now: 336
globalnews.ca

Earlier this week, rookie backbench MP and current candidate for Conservative leader Derek Sloan questioned the loyalty of Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, musing aloud if her loyalties were with China over Canada.

The underlying xenophobic sentiment is abhorrent, though that is not the point of this commentary. The crux of what Sloan said in both an initial video posted to Facebook and a subsequent email to supporters — that Tam was wrong on two specific issues: masks and travel bans — have been echoed by some conservative politicians and even some political and opinion journalists.

The issue of masks has been covered extensively by health and science reporters, including in this excellent piece by Ed Yong in the

Read more on globalnews.ca
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA