Government Operations committee  Certainly I can't speak to the specific dates and inclusions with the most recent document requirement from Parliament as to what specifically was or was not redacted.

Government Operations committee  We could certainly bring to the committee a global number for respirators that have been received.

Government Operations committee  I don't have that specific number on hand today.

Government Operations committee  I'm sorry, but I didn't hear the second part of the question.

Government Operations committee  I will turn to my colleague from PSPC to see if he has something to add, but we would be happy to provide the global number of ventilators that have been received by the Public Health Agency of Canada. I don't know if Michael Mills would have anything to add to that information.

Government Operations committee  I could tell you the number of requests for assistance, but I just don't have that number directly in front of me. I'm sorry.

Government Operations committee  Since the beginning of the pandemic, we've been working collaboratively with the provinces and the territories to understand their current supply situation. One important factor is the burn rate for supplies. This is an ongoing dialogue and that data sharing has been a really important part of our approach.

Government Operations committee  The vaccine program is outside of my purview. What I can say today is that we have, through the effort [Technical difficulty—Editor], assisted in the delivery of [Technical difficulty—Editor] needles, sharps containers, syringes, fridges, freezers and dry ice. If there are specific questions with respect to the vaccine rollout, we would have to take those back to the department.

Government Operations committee  We are well situated with the supplies that we've received and the stockpile that we've been able to replenish in the strategic stockpile. We continue to receive bulk procurement supplies daily, which are immediately disbursed to the provinces. As my colleague from PSPC has said, we have galvanized the Canadian industry to help us be less reliant on external sources for some of these important commodities.

Government Operations committee  Early on in the pandemic, through a request that was coordinated through the Red Cross and the Chinese arm of the Red Cross, we did supply some supplies to China. It did not impact on our response in Canada. In addition, a number of the types of supplies that we provided were near their expiry.

Government Operations committee  Through Global Affairs Canada, we did contribute to a national effort to contribute to PPE requests from China.

Government Operations committee  There are two things that have happened. We have both procurement that was done and those stocks that are coming in. For the personal protective equipment, we've really focused on five key commodities. Those are surgical masks, N95 respirators and equivalents, face shields, gloves and gowns.

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. I do have the information. Just give me two seconds. Early on in the pandemic, we deployed over 400 ventilators from the national emergency strategic stockpile to the provinces and territories to address our anticipated needs. Since then, from the additional ventilators purchased, we have deployed over 500 additional ventilators to the provinces and territories.

Government Operations committee  Good afternoon. I'd like to thank the chair of the committee and the committee members for inviting the Public Health Agency of Canada to speak today. My name is Cindy Evans, and I'm the vice-president of emergency management. In this role I'm responsible for the national emergency strategic stockpile.