When the Canadian government started importing personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies from China for COVID-19, it leaned on air cargo flights — 42 to be exact. But with 1.6 billion pieces still on order, the feds need ships.
“We now intend to resort to maritime considering the volume of PPE that could be shipped,” Anita Anand, the federal minister of public services and procurement, said during a news conference Tuesday.
The federal government’s outstanding orders...
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