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Canada signs deal with Amazon to distribute medical supplies
Alicja Siekierska
Yahoo Finance Canada April 3, 2020
Canada has signed an agreement with Amazon (AMZN) to distribute critical medical supplies across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday.
The federal government has tapped the online behemoth to manage the distribution of medical supplies, including masks, face shields, gowns, ventilators, and test kits.
“For the past few weeks, our government has been working closely with industry to produce the supplies our healthcare workers need like masks, face shields, gowns, ventilators, and test kits,” Trudeau said at his daily press conference on Friday.
“Today, I can announce that our government has signed an agreement with Amazon Canada to manage the distribution of this equipment to the provinces and territories.”
Earlier this week, Trudeau announced that the federal government will spend $2 billion on protective personal equipment, including masks, face shields, gowns, along with ventilators, test kits and swabs and hand sanitizer as the country fights the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ottawa has spoken to more than 3,000 companies that have offered to contribute in various ways in the fight against COVID-19. It has so far reached formal agreements with Thornhill Medical, as well as Medicom Group and Spartan Bioscience to produce medical supplies and equipment.
Canada signs deal with Amazon to distribute medical supplies
Canada has signed an agreement with Amazon to distribute critical medical supplies across the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Friday.ca.finance.yahoo.com
I'd love to hear the rationale for going with Amazon as opposed to the crown-owned Canada Post, where the money would be recycled into the government's own accounts.