A comprehensive management plan has been put in place for the national emergency stockpile. The stockpile contains assets in the form of goods, such as cots and blankets for emergency response, as well as medical countermeasures, vaccines and therapeutics to support provinces and territories in emergencies.
An inventory management system has been modernized and put in place. The stockpile is obviously much more significant than it was prepandemic, and it has a diversity of supplies. It has been used, in fact, to respond to emergencies since COVID-19, such as mpox outbreaks, wildfires and other areas for which provinces and territories requested federal support.