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Given that China’s negligence enabled the spread of COVID-19, there are growing international calls to hold them to account, and Canada, which has a number of options available to it, needs to join the chorus.

The Chinese government was responsible for collecting data about its spread and promptly informing the World Health Organization (WHO), governments and scientists around the world. Instead, China suppressed, falsified and obfuscated data and repressed advanced warnings about the contagion as early as December, well before the start of the global pandemic. The Chinese government also joined Moscow in exploiting confusion around the pandemic by engaging in information warfare through blatant disinformation on the origins of the virus, suggesting it was developed as a tool for U.S. biological warfare.

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https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/china-was-in-violation-of-international-health-regulations-what-do-we-do-now/