Ottawa has verbal assurances from EU that export controls won’t delay vaccine shipments, Ng says

Canada is ‘waiting to see’ whether a EU crackdown on COVID-19 vaccine exports is going to ‘pose any interruptions’ on shipments to Canada, says Steve Verhuel.

International Trade Minister Mary Ng, pictured in November 2020, says Canada is still 'on track' to receive six million vaccine doses by the end of March.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

February 1, 2021

Ottawa has verbal assurances from the European Union that its export controls won't delay the delivery of vaccines bound for Canada, but is preparing a contingency plan in case the bloc is unable to honour that promise, say federal officials. Testifying before the Ho...

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