Feds expect ‘predictable flow’ of vaccines as Trudeau to meet with premiers to speed up rollout

Ottawa is now 'in a better position to predict with confidence' what it will receive in January, and what is expected for February, says Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin, the federal official overseeing the logistical co-ordination of vaccines in Canada.

Maj-Gen. Dany Fortin, pictured speaking to reporters on Jan. 5, 2021, in Ottawa, says jurisdictions are now 'scaling up their capacities to immunize' Canadians against COVID-19.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

January 5, 2021

Federal officials are hoping the arrival of a “continuous and predictable flow” of COVID-19 vaccines in January will help jurisdictions more “promptly” deliver them into the arms of Canadians—an issue that will be up for discussion when premiers meet with th...

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