Criticism of the government's pandemic planning is being served up at Province House and in Ottawa.

The federal Liberals called the Conservative government "incompetent" during a special debate Monday night in the House of Commons.

Here in Nova Scotia, some are wondering why each province has a different list for who gets the vaccine.

The federal Opposition tore into the government during an emergency swine-flu debate in the House of Commons Monday night with Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff saying the Harper government, has "failed miserably" on swine flu.

"They blame the drug company because there isn't enough supply next week," he said. "They blame the provinces and territories. 'We don't deliver health care,' they say. We understand that, but the role of a national government is to provide the planning framework in which everybody does their job."

Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq responded, saying everyone who wants the vaccine will eventually get it.

"The provinces and territories are reporting many thousands of Canadians getting their shot," she said. "Right now, jurisdictions are giving more vaccine per day than they've ever given in history."

But the question of who will get the vaccine first is causing some dispute in Nova Scotia.

Only pregnant women, children between the ages of six months and five years, health care workers and First Nations residents are getting the vaccine.

In New Brunswick, the shot is available to children under the age of 18, while anyone with a chronic health condition under the age of 25 can get it in Newfoundland.

Liberal leader Stephen McNeil tells CTV Nova Scotia's vaccination plan got off on the wrong foot by throwing the doors open to everyone.

"They knew from the very beginning and they should have prioritized this," he said. "They should have made sure that front-line health care workers were looked after and then moving out to the most vulnerable people in our community."

Health Minister Maureen MacDonald says she's concerned about the province's supply of swine flu vaccine, but now is not the time for criticism.

"I think that the time to reflect on what we would do differently is something that we'll have to look at when we get through the vaccination," she said.

To date, the province has distributed about half of the 160,000 doses of H1N1 vaccine it received from the national supplier. This week, the province is getting another 12,500 doses.

MacDonald says Nova Scotia had been expecting up to 56,000 doses in each weekly shipment. She says health officials are having to evaluate on a daily basis
whether there is enough vaccine to meet the demand in targeted groups.