e-3627 (Foreign affairs)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
- The world is facing a chronic shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, most acutely in low and lower-middle income nations;
- The emergence of the more transmissible Delta variant means that the window to prevent even more catastrophic levels of infection and death in low and lower-middle income nations is rapidly closing;
- Leaving large populations unvaccinated is both a direct threat to Canadian health security by allowing for more potential variants to arise and is morally and ethically wrong;
- Canada has contracts in place for 10 doses per inhabitant, which is far more than realistically needed;
- These excess doses must be re-routed to vulnerable populations in low and middle-income nations, and it must be done as soon as possible, with timelines measured in weeks and months not years; and
- While Canada does not have domestic vaccine production capabilities at present, it does have the ability to produce other crucial elements needed such as vials, syringes, and needles.
- Open for signature
- November 30, 2021, at 3:05 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- December 30, 2021, at 3:05 p.m. (EDT)