The federal government says it won’t pay for masks that fail to meet national standards and is looking into using faulty ones for non-medical purposes, as Ottawa moves to cut ties with a Montreal-based supplier after millions of N95 respirators contained in a shipment from the company were deemed defective.
The federal government says it won’t pay for masks that fail to meet national standards and is looking into using faulty ones for non-medical purposes, as Ottawa moves to cut ties with a Montreal-based supplier after millions of N95 respirators contained in a shipment from the company were deemed defective.
A government source, who is not authorized to publicly discuss the matter, told CBC News on Saturday that the government is now working out the details to permanently end its relationship with the distributor. The source said there were no plans to solicit future orders from the company, whose name hasn’t been disclosed.
On Friday, it was revealed that Ottawa had suspended