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VULNERABLE222 in the political accountability during the current crisis are unlikely to be remedied by increased legal accountability. Those concerned about the difficulty of holding Canadian governments to account in these trying times would be better advised to look to improving the chan- nels of political accountability than trying to navigate those of legal accountability. If these channels are improved, public law principles such as reasonableness, fairness, and proportionality may well flow through them to nourish debate and discussion,47 but the necessary dredging is unlikely to be done by the judiciary. 47. See for example Paul Daly, “The Covid-19 Pandemic and Proportionality: A Framework” (31 March 2020), online (blog): Administrative  Law  Matters  <www. administrativelawmatters.com/blog/2020/03/31/the-covid-19-pandemic-and- proportionality-a-framework/>.