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* MP Jansen: “I’m assuming you keep it in the stockpile because you need it?”
* Thornton: “We keep a minimum level…”
* MP Jansen: “What’s your minimum level of stock on masks?...”
* Thornton: “I couldn’t tell you.”
* Thornton: “No, the stockpile was actually doing well, what it was actually mandated and funded to do.”
* MP Jeneroux: “Minister @PattyHajdu mentioned we didn’t have adequate stockpiles. You say it’s not due to lack of intention or poor inventory. So then what’s it due to?”
* Thornton: “I think it was actually delivering on what it had been mandated and funded to do.”