INTRODUCTION
Overview of COVID-19: Old and New Vulnerabilities
Colleen M. Flood, Vanessa MacDonnell, Jane Philpott, Sophie Thériault and Sridhar Venkatapuram
SECTION A: WHO DOES WHAT?
CHALLENGES AND DEMANDS OF CANADIAN FEDERALISM
CHAPTER A-1
Have the Post-SARS Reforms Prepared Us for COVID-19? Mapping the Institutional Landscape
Katherine Fierlbeck and Lorian Hardcastle
CHAPTER A-2
COVID-19 and First Nations’ Responses
Aimée Craft, Deborah McGregor, and Jeffery Hewitt
CHAPITRE A-3
Réflexions sur la mise en œuvre de la Loi sur la santé publique au Québec dans le contexte de la pandémie de COVID-19
Michelle Giroux
CHAPITRE A-4
La COVID-19 au Canada : le fédéralisme coopératif à pied d’œuvre
David Robitaille
CHAPTER A-5
Pandemic Data Sharing: How the Canadian Constitution Has Turned into a Suicide Pact
Amir Attaran and Adam R. Houston
CHAPTER A-6
The Federal Emergencies Act: A Hollow Promise in the Face of COVID-19?
Colleen M. Flood and Bryan Thomas
CHAPTER A-7
Resisting the Siren’s Call: Emergency Powers, Federalism, and Public Policy
Carissima Mathen
CHAPTER A-8
Municipal Power and Democratic Legitimacy in the Time of COVID-19
Alexandra Flynn
SECTION B: MAKING SURE SOMEONE IS ACCOUNTABLE:
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESPONSIBILITIES
CHAPTER B-1
Ensuring Executive and Legislative Accountability in a Pandemic
Vanessa MacDonnell
CHAPTER B-2
Good Governance: Institutions, Processes, and People
Mel Cappe
CHAPTER B-3
The Duty to Govern and the Rule of Law in an Emergency
Grégoire Webber
CHAPTER B-4
Does Debunking Work? Correcting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media
Timothy Caulfield
CHAPTER B-5
The Media Paradox and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jeffrey Simpson
CHAPTER B-6
Governmental Power and COVID-19:
The Limits of Judicial Review
Paul Daly
CHAPTER B-7
Liability of the Crown in Times of Pandemic
Marie-France Fortin
CHAPTER B-8
Balancing Risk and Reward in the Time of COVID-19:
Bridging the Gap Between Public Interest and the “Best Interests of the Corporation”
Jennifer A. Quaid
SECTION C: CIVIL LIBERTIES VS. IDEAS OF PUBLIC HEALTH
CHAPTER C-1
Civil Liberties vs. Public Health
Colleen M. Flood, Bryan Thomas, and Dr. Kumanan Wilson
CHAPTER C-2
Privacy, Ethics, and Contact-Tracing Apps
Teresa Scassa, Jason Millar, and Kelly Bronson
CHAPTER C-3
Should Immunity Licences be an Ingredient in our Policy Response to COVID-19?
Daniel Weinstock and Vardit Ravitsky
CHAPTER C-4
The Punitive Impact of Physical Distancing Laws on Homeless People
Terry Skolnik
CHAPTER C-5
The Right of Citizens Abroad to Return During a Pandemic
Yves Le Bouthillier and Delphine Nakache
SECTION D: EQUITY AND COVID-19
CHAPTER D-1
How Should We Allocate Health and Social Resources During a Pandemic?
Sridhar Venkatapuram
CHAPITRE D-2
COVID-19 et âgisme : crise annoncée dans les centres de soins de longue durée et réponse improvisée ?
Martine Lagacé, Linda Garcia et Louise Bélanger-Hardy
CHAPTER D-3
Fault Lines: COVID-19, the Charter, and Long-term Care
Martha Jackman
CHAPTER D-4
The Front line Defence: Housing and Human Rights in the Time of COVID-19
Leilani Farha and Kaitlin Schwan
CHAPTER D-5
COVID-19 in Canadian Prisons: Policies, Practices and Concerns
Adelina Iftene
CHAPTER D-6
Systemic Discrimination in Government Services and Programs and Its Impact on First Nations Peoples During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Anne Levesque and Sophie Thériault
CHAPTER D-7
Preventing the Spread of Anti-Asian Racism:
Including Critical Race Analysis in a Pandemic Plan
Jamie Chai Yun Liew
CHAPTER D-8
Migrant Health in a Time of Pandemic:
Fallacies of Us-Versus-Them
Y.Y. Brandon Chen
CHAPTER D-9
Not All in This Together: Disability Rights and COVID-19
Tess Sheldon and Ravi Malhotra
CHAPTER D-10
Weighing Public Health and Mental Health Responses to Non-Compliance with Public Health Directives in the Context of Mental Illness
Jennifer A. Chandler, Yasmin Khaliq, Mona Gupta, Kwame McKenzie, Simon Hatcher, and Olivia Lee
SECTION E: THIS JOB IS GONNA KILL ME:
WORKING AND COVID-19
CHAPTER E-1
Privatization and COVID-19: A Deadly Combination for Nursing Homes
Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, and Ivy Bourgeault
CHAPTER E-2
A View from the Front Lines of a COVID-19 Outbreak
Jane Philpott
CHAPTER E-3
Occupational Health and Safety and COVID-19:
Whose Rights Come First in a Pandemic?
Katherine Lippel
CHAPTER E-4
Risking It All: Providing Patient Care and Whistleblowing During a Pandemic
Vanessa Gruben and Louise Bélanger-Hardy
CHAPTER E-5
Worked to the Bone: COVID-19, the Agrifood Labour Force, and the Need for More Compassionate Post-Pandemic Food Systems
Sarah Berger Richardson
SECTION F: GLOBAL HEALTH AND GOVERNANCE
CHAPTER F-1
“Flattening the Curve” Through COVID-19 Contagion Containment
Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram
CHAPTER F-2
The Plausibility and Resolvability of Legal Claims Against China and WHO under the International Health Regulations (2005)
Sam Halabi and Kumanan Wilson
CHAPTER F-3
COVID-19 and Africa: Does “One Size Fit All” in Public Health Intervention?
Chidi Oguamanam
CHAPTER F-4
Border Closures: A Pandemic of Symbolic Acts in the Time of COVID-19
Steven J. Hoffman and Patrick Fafard
CHAPTER F-5
COVID-19 and Accountable Artificial Intelligence in a Global Context
Céline Castets-Renard and Eleonore Fournier-Tombs
CHAPTER F-6
International Trade, Intellectual Property, and Innovation Policy:
Lessons from a Pandemic
Jeremy de Beer and E. Richard Gold
CHAPTER F-7
COVID-19 Vaccines as Global Public Goods
Jason W. Nickerson and Matthew Herder
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