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China’s government is no doubt delighted with federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu’s vigorous defence of its credibility regarding its role in the outbreak of COVID-19, which has created a global health and economic crisis.

Canadians, on the other hand, should be concerned.

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Not only did Hajdu blow past Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s non-committal answer Thursday on whether he believes China — the original epicentre of the global pandemic in the city of Wuhan — has been honest with the global community in reporting its data about COVID-19.

She vigorously defended the credibility of the world’s largest communist dictatorship in its actions and reporting of COVID-19, insisting, “there’s no indication that the data that came out of China in terms of their infection rate and their death rate was falsified in any way.”

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When a reporter asked — because of Hajdu saying Canada was relying on data from the World Health Organization — whether the WHO’s data could be relied upon if China’s isn’t accurate, she accused the questioner of fuelling internet conspiracies.