The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

Regardless of that, we have a federal government that IS very Liberal, and being propped up be an even further to the left NDP, they could control it more if they wanted to.

The federal government, regardless of the party in office, really has very little power when it comes to healthcare, as that is constitutionally a provincial item. The feds can manage drug testing and certification, and they can distribute vaccines to the provinces, or help if the provinces ask for help.

But doing things within the provinces? Only if they invoke the Emergencies Act. And you can bet half (or more) of the provincial governments would immediately decry the move as violation of their provincial rights. It's really a no-win situation, I would not expect any federal government to do it unless the situation were really, really dire and very much out of control.