Julie Vignola at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.

For an end-to-end vaccine distribution logistics solution, the federal government awarded a contract to FedEx Express Canada, a Canadian subsidiary of an American company, and to Innomar Strategies, another American company, which has offices in the Montreal area.

For the transportation of vaccines, Amazon, UPS, FedEx and Innomar Strategies, all American companies, are being used. Are there no transportation companies in Canada that could take over, even if only for regional transportation? Is it not possible for our companies in Canada to work together? What is the problem?

I want to be clear that I am not pointing fingers. I'm trying to understand why we're not using our resources, not American resources.