We work in close collaboration with public health, and also with the Canadian Armed Forces and the Red Cross, to respond to requests for assistance from provinces and territories. There is an extensive coordination process that goes into the formulation of the formal request, wherein there's a lot of discussion and a refinement of what we can do to meet the request. Then there's a formal request made of the Minister of Public Safety. The response is usually, by that point in time, already in train.
On June 14th, 2021. See this statement in context.