Question

The COVID 19 Rapid Response fund was set up to alleviate the suffering of the people. “In March 2020, the Government of Canada announced $1 billion to support a whole-of-government COVID-19 Response Fund, which supports federal public health measures such as enhanced surveillance, increased testing and ongoing support for preparedness in First Nations and Inuit communities” Government of Canada (2020). The policy aims to reduce the suffering of people hit by COVID 19 that led to the loss of jobs and increment of unemployment in the country.

The objective of the response fund is to support researchers that will help develop measures to detect and reduce the transmission of COVID-19. The fund enabled the health care system to test patience suffering from the virus and help contain the spread of COVID 19 Government of Canada (2020). According to a research from the University of Calgary (2020), he objective is to support Alberta-based genomics projects designed to address specific, short-term needs of industry, not-for-profit, and public sector receptors through research conducted by academics in collaboration with these receptors, with near-term outcomes that address the COVID-19 crisis.

Question that needs to be answered

Why was the Response fund focused on one ethnic group and not others?

Answer 1

Government of Canada set up response fund to support First nations and Inuit communities.

The reason for this is that the total percentage of people of First nations and Inuit communities form more than one third of the total population of Canada which have been tested positive.

Also among the total fatality rate among population of Canada, more than one third is of the people of First nations and Inuit communities.

The people of First nations and Inuit communities in Canada remain top priority of the government of Canada regarding the control of virus. These people are most vulnerable to catching the virus as shown in the ratio above. In particular, the people living in only fly in parts of the country are even more vulnerable.

That is why the government of Canada has formed this fund to control the spread and test more people of this community so that the virus doesn't spread more in this community and to other communities from this ethnic community.