Morning Brief: Provinces in the vaccine spotlight – iPolitics

Feb 17, 2021

Good morning, iPolitics readers.

— Provinces in the vaccine spotlight: The influx of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries expected this week will test provincial rollout strategies. Critics are calling on provinces to lay out more detailed deployment plans. Prime Minister Trudeau promised a dramatic increase in vaccine deliveries, including four million doses from Pfizer and two million from Moderna, by the end of March.

But a new survey by Edelman suggests that eroding trust in scientists, academics, business leaders, and journalists could impede the vaccine rollout. It found that trust in scientists was down six points from last year’s survey.

— Kady O’Malley writes in iPolitics AM that, for the second day in a row, “opposition members are set to get the opportunity to conduct an extended cross-examination of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this afternoon, although the daily itinerary provided by his office doesn’t specify whether he’ll be fielding questions from his front-and-centre seat in the Chamber or taking part in the mid-afternoon back-and-forth via webcam.”