Will Canada sign the WHO Pandemic Treaty next week?

Beginning Monday the international community gathers in Geneva Switzerland at the 77th World Health Assembly, where the member states of the World Health Organization (WHO) are to ratify new health regulations and sign a Pandemic Treaty (a.k.a. Pandemic Accord). Canada is set to sign this treaty even though the details of the final draft document are not public. 

To date, there has been no parliamentary review or discussion of Canada’s position vis-à-vis the terms and conditions established in this international pandemic treaty. Government officials responsible for Canadian negotiations at the WHO have provided no details on their involvement in the process and any commitment to signing the treaty.

It is from reports in foreign media that Canadians have learned that the negotiations on the WHO Pandemic Treaty and its accompanying regulations have been onerous and rocky. The WHO health officials and technocrats have been working with health and international affairs officials from 194 me…