Tue Nov 15, 2022 – 3:41 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — After pressure to take action from the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government announced it has secured a “foreign supply” of children’s pain and fever medication to combat the nationwide shortage.
While Trudeau himself initially blamed “climate change” and “the pandemic” for the shortage, in a statement on Monday, Health Canada said it “secured foreign supply of children’s acetaminophen that will be available for sale at retail and in community pharmacies in the coming weeks.”
“The amount to be imported will increase supply available to consumers and will help address the immediate situation,” continued the federal agency, adding that there will also be an “exceptional importation of infant and children’s ibuprofen and acetaminophen to supply hospitals in Canada.”
“The importation of ibuprofen has occurred, and distribution has begun.”
For months Canadian parents have had to endure severe shortages of Tylenol and other fever and pain relief medications for their children and infants, despite there being no such shortages for adult formulations of the common drugs.
The shortages come at the same time there has been a reported increase
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