Public Health Agency recorded $331-million loss on damaged or expired emergency medical supplies: AG report

Auditor General Karen Hogan reports the agency did not effectively manage the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile, finding gaps in how it decides what supplies Canada should keep on hand and how those supplies are stored and maintained.
Auditor General Karen Hogan's Oct. 29 report on the Public Health Agency of Canada found persistent problems in how Ottawa manages the country’s emergency stockpile. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY MZWANDILE PONCANA
October 29, 2026

The Public Health Agency of Canada recorded $331-million in losses in the 2025-26 fiscal year on emergency medical supplies that had expired or been damaged, according to a new report from the federal auditor general that found persistent problems in how Ottawa manages the c...

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