My understanding is—and I'm drawing on the other report that was studied as well—that the scarce resourcing strategy was developed at the beginning of the pandemic to make sure there was enough capacity in the national emergency strategic stockpile, the Indigenous Services Canada stockpile and the provincial-territorial requirements. I think that the question of what went overseas versus what was in the stockpile is different.
On March 3rd, 2022. See this statement in context.