Matthew Green at the Government Operations and Estimates Committee

On April 14th, 2021. See this statement in context.

April 14th, 2021 / 5:35 p.m.

NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

It would be interesting, and I look forward to finding out.

Also in July, the minister announced the creation of an “essential services contingency reserve”—it sounds a lot like a national emergency strategic stockpile—and that this was a “backstop that will provide organizations with PPE on a cost-recovery basis”.

Is the essential services contingency reserve fully operational? If so, when did it begin operating?

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