Thank you.
I noticed that the U.K. and some other countries have already started public independent inquiries. The British Medical Journal also outlines several reasons why an independent national COVID-19 inquiry is needed in Canada with accountability for implementation of recommendations. They listed some of these as “failing to look to the past will ensure an unchanged future“ and “lacking an independent federal inquiry allows others to step into the frame”. It would provide “an actionable framework for reforming Canada's health care and public health systems” which were struggling prepandemic, as you have pointed out. It would ensure “accountability for losses”, which included 53,000 direct deaths in Canada.
Do you agree with the arguments outlined in the British Medical Journal?
Would you endorse the call for an independent national COVID-19 inquiry for these reasons?