Mr. Speaker, since the beginning of the pandemic, our government has been committed to protecting the health and safety of Canadians, which is why we secured the most diverse portfolio and the highest number of COVID-19 vaccines doses per capita of any country in the world.
Now that free, safe and effective vaccines are available, we are working around the clock to distribute them to the provinces and territories so that Canadians can be vaccinated as quickly as possible.
In my riding of Sudbury, public health officials have been hard at work all week administering these vaccines to residents of long-term care homes.
In the coming weeks, vaccines will be provided to other vulnerable populations and front-line health workers in Sudbury and across northern Ontario. In fact, the Canadian Armed Forces have been commissioned to support vaccine efforts in 32 communities of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation in the region.
We have already shipped more than one million doses to the provinces and territories, and we will be receiving six million doses for distribution by the end of March.
The residents of Sudbury are very pleased our government is focused on beating this virus and keeping Canadians safe.