After days of intense politics, Canada looks to have secured a vital supply of face masks from the United States. Late on Monday, 3M issued a statement saying a deal had now been reached that would protect the sending of respirators — face masks — to Canada and elsewhere. “The Administration is committed to working to address and remove export and regulatory restrictions to enable this plan,” said the statement. “The plan will also enable 3M to continue sending U.S. produced respirators to Canada and Latin America, where 3M is the primary source of supply.”3M produces 35 million N95 respirators a month in the U.S. Earlier Freeland singled out 3M chief executive Mike Roman for taking a “very, very responsible” position in standing up to demands from the White House that it stop exporting its N95 masks.

Source: National Post April 07, 2020 00:33 UTC