Canada backs pandemic treaty

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that was debated at a special meeting of the World Health Assembly Monday. It is only the second time in its history that the group has held an emergency summit of this kind. If member countries agree, the assembly would go to work developing what would essentially serve as an international treaty on pandemic preparedness. The idea is to prevent another crisis like the one posed by COVID-19.