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This does not mean things have gone as smoothly as hoped for. The challenge in standing up domestic industry to produce goods for the crisis has largely been a lack of understanding of what products were needed and in what quantity, the technical specifications of the products, who could produce each part necessary and the regulatory approval processes needed before delivery. However, product by product and issue by issue, we worked with a range of companies and government officials to help patch together the solutions needed to deliver the products.
There are three areas that CME suggests we focus on to improve response times for any possible future crisis. First is to conduct a complete a mapping of Canada’s domestic manufacturing capabilities. The challenge—