1. Canada's legal preparedness against the COVID-19 Pandemic: A scoping review of federal laws and regulations
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Reddy, K. Srikanth, Chattu, Vijay Kumar, and Wilson, Kumanan
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Canada. Canadian Forces -- Analysis -- Laws, regulations and rules ,World health -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Analysis ,Epidemics -- Quebec -- Canada -- Ontario ,Government regulation ,Government ,Australia. Quarantine Act 1908 - Abstract
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the preparedness of governments to respond to it will likely undergo review. A key component is the legislative capacity and authority that governments had in place or could rapidly introduce to address the social, economic and health consequences of the emergency. We review Canada's legal preparedness for public health emergencies and the use of federal legislation to address the pandemic. We provide an overview of the concept of legal preparedness, summarize the federal statutes, regulations and orders enacted, and analyze the coherence of federal activity and its relevance to provinces, territories and international health regulations. We determine that the federal government has relied on spending power rather than constitutional authority over public health or existing legislation on influencing the course of the pandemic. Alors que le monde entier ne cesse de lutter contre la pandemie de COVID-19, le dispositif de veille et de preparation des gouvernements fera probablement l'objet d'un examen. La capacite et l'autorite legislatives que les gouvernements avaient en place ou pourraient instaurer rapidement pour faire face aux consequences sociales, economiques et sanitaires de l'urgence est un element cle. Nous passons en revue la preparation legale du Canada aux urgences de sante publique et l'utilisation de la legislation federale pour lutter contre la pandemie. Nous presentons un apercu du concept de preparation legale, resumons les lois, reglements et decrets federaux adoptes et analysons la coherence de l'activite federale et sa pertinence pour les provinces, les territoires et les reglements sanitaires internationaux. Nous etablissons que, pour influencer l'evolution de la pandemie, le gouvernement federal a plus compte sur le pouvoir de depenser que sur l'autorite constitutionnelle concernant la sante publique ou la legislation existante., Introduction On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), for the sixth time since the revised International [...]
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- 2021