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Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for the question. It gives me an opportunity to emphasize that in addition to the deliveries that we have already secured for Canada, we signed an agreement with Pfizer, a very stable partner, to have eight million more doses coming into this country by the end of June.

April 19th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, we are very committed to continuing to meet the minimum 5% target for diversifying federal supply chains in the area of indigenous procurements. We have also made sure to target indigenous suppliers. We have awarded 32 contracts to 24 self-identified indigenous businesses, collectively worth $120 million, including for logistics and air charter services, among others, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 15th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, thank you for the question. We will continue to manage our supply chains for COVID-19 vaccines, while accelerating deliveries of approved vaccines. Some 12.7 million doses have been delivered to Canada so far. Also, millions of vaccines are on the way. We have accelerated 22 million doses from later to earlier quarters.

April 15th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, I want to emphasize that all Canadians at this time need to pull together to get through this third wave. For our part, the Government of Canada has already delivered 12.7 million doses to Canada. We have 8.9 million doses that have been administered in this country.

April 15th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, let me begin by saying that 20% of Canadians have received at least one dose of vaccine. Canada now stands eighth in the G20 in terms of doses administered per 100 people. We have received 10.5 million doses in this country to date. We are on track to receive 44 million doses by the end of June and 110 million doses by the end of September.

April 12th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. She is right, we do have more good news for the second quarter. We will be getting five million Pfizer vaccine doses sooner than expected. To date, Quebec has received over 2.4 million doses. Another 400,000 doses will be delivered to Quebec this week.

April 12th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Once again, by the end of September, Canada will have enough vaccines for every person who wants to be vaccinated. As I have already said, Pfizer deliveries have ramped up. We will receive at least one million doses every week from March 22 to May 11.

April 12th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, indeed, we surpassed our six-million target prior to the end of March by receiving 9.5 million doses. We are on track to get 44 million doses into this country by the end of June, and 110 million by the end of September. We will continue providing the provinces and territories with vaccines, and we will work together as a country to ensure that all Canadians who wish to have access to a vaccine will have one prior to the end of September.

April 12th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, Canada is now on track to receive 43 million doses of vaccine by the end of June and more than enough doses for all Canadians by the end of the summer. We will not rest until all Canadians have access to the vaccine. We will continue to be involved and work with the provinces and territories in these efforts.

April 12th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Vimy for her question and for her hard work. Thanks to our government's aggressive procurement strategy, we have enough vaccines to vaccinate every Canadian who wants to be by the end of September, if not earlier. We will be getting a total of eight million vaccines by the end of March, which is two million more than expected.

March 9th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, domestic manufacturing capacity has been a core element of our government's plan throughout the pandemic, with PPE produced locally being used to protect front-line workers throughout Canada. I find it interesting that the opposition raises this now simply because the facts are that our government has invested over $27.9 million in Stanfield's Truro plant.

March 9th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, as a person born and bred in Nova Scotia, I believe in Nova Scotia industry and its hard-working people. I want to also thank the member for Cumberland—Colchester for her hard work and advocacy on behalf of her constituents and all Nova Scotians throughout the pandemic.

March 9th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Newmarket—Aurora for his hard work over the past year. For nearly a year, our government's top priority has been to assemble the most comprehensive and diverse vaccine portfolio possible, with a goal of 6 million doses of vaccine to be delivered to Canadians by the end of this month.

March 9th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. All Canadian shipyards responded to the request for information that concluded on May 13, 2020. The responses received and the information gathered in the process will enable the Government of Canada to determine how best to proceed.

March 9th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal

Health  Mr. Speaker, I want to start by mentioning that NACI is an independent organization, and I also want to go on to say that we are receiving eight million doses of vaccine this quarter alone, 36.5 million in the next quarter and prior to the end of September, 118 million vaccines, so that all Canadians will have access to a vaccine before the end of the summer.

March 9th, 2021House debate

Anita AnandLiberal