Feds order 30,000 ‘made-in-Canada’ ventilators

'We certainly hope we won’t be needing them,' says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of the 30,000 ventilators Ottawa has secured through a handful of Canadian companies.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on April 7, says the government has put in orders for 30,000 Canadian-made ventilators.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

April 7, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is working with a number of companies to produce 30,000 made-in-Canada ventilators as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “If we end up making more ventilato...

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