There are currently about 5,000 ventilators in Canada, federal officials have said. “We recognize that 30,000 is a large number of ventilators,” he said. “It’s buy, buy, buy, build, build, build,” Bains said. 20 to mobilize domestic production of medical supplies, personal protective equipment, and diagnostic treatment and vaccine research in the fight against COVID-19. Even with all the federal dollars flowing out the door, the need to support some 12,000 Canadian high tech companies is great.

Source: thestar April 07, 2020 15:22 UTC