Public Safety Minister says report better allows province to be prepared in the future
That’s despite nearly 75 per cent of the people surveyed as part of the independent review reporting they didn’t trust information coming from the government.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
“I think the approach that we took was the right one, but obviously we learned lessons from that and we welcome the feedback and report,” he said. The report says there is concern “that eroding trust may translate into more resistance to restrictions necessitated by the next provincewide emergency.” “The balance between privacy and transparency could be more regularly examined and clearly communicated, as necessary to maintain public trust,” the report says.Article content
When it came to personal protective equipment for hospital staff, the province was forced to create a new system to manage provincewide inventory, the report says. “Government should consider how best to deal with the disparate set of IT systems, data definitions and data collection practices to ensure that the health-care system is able to assemble needed data that is timely and accurate,” it says.
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