When Retired Gen. Rick Hillier received a call from Ontario Premier Doug Ford asking him to oversee the province's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, he knew he couldn't say no. Ontario Premier Doug Ford and former head of the Canadian Armed Forces Gen. Rick Hillier look over a map in the premier's office at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Friday. Hillier is to lead a new task force that will oversee the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in the province. Hillier says leadership is what mattersHillier said leadership is what matters and the Canadian Armed Forces produces effective leaders. "I don't believe there's another organization or institution in Canada that produces leaders in a systemic manner like the Canadian Armed Forces does."

Source: CBC News November 30, 2020 00:22 UTC