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Numerous vaccine manufacturers closed their facilities or moved out of Canada in years when Conservative governments were in power: PM Trudeau

BY , Nov 26, 2020 2:55 AM - REPORT AN ERROR

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pauses after responding to a question about the holidays during a news conference outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

The prime minister is defending the fact that Canada does not have any vaccine-making facilities in operation.

The prime minister is defending the fact that Canada does not have any vaccine-making facilities in operation.

He admitted yesterday that Canadians will not get COVID vaccines as fast as other countries.

But Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons today that numerous vaccine manufacturers closed their facilities or moved out of Canada in years when Conservative governments were in power.

Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner received no direct answer when she asked Trudeau whether his government has negotiated contracts with international drug companies to produce COVID-19 vaccines in Canada.

But he did say a production facility is being built in Montreal.

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