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Feds got supplies to provinces during COVID-19 despite issues with stockpile: AG
BY , May 26, 2021 8:26 PM - REPORT AN ERROR
A man and boy walk into the Bill-Durnan COVID-19 vaccination site in Montreal, Monday, May 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Karen Hogan
A federal audit says the Trudeau government was able to get desperately needed medical equipment to provinces and territories last year despite long-standing stockpile issues.
Auditor General Karen Hogan says before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Health Agency ignored warnings that its supply of emergency medical equipment wasn't properly managed.
But she says when the pressure mounted, Ottawa got the supplies to the provinces anyway.
The government spent more than seven-billion dollars on medical supplies and personal protective equipment last year.
The federal auditor general says the government was unable to meet more than half the demands for nurses and paramedics from Indigenous communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
But Karen Hogan found that Indigenous Services Canada was able to address shortages of medical supplies as the pandemic took hold last year.
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