2/6 * lobbyist contacted cabinet seeking contract for his son
* lobbyist won $118 million contract for client after boasting of “getting things done”
3/6 * former aide and ex-riding president lobbied for millions in contracts
* former MP’s firm won a $237 million contract before ventilators were approved
4/6 * Montréal contractor received $282.5 million contract though devices twice failed testing
* failed Ottawa contractor received $149 million contract after “good meetings” with aides
5/6 * Prime Minister made inaccurate claims of boasting of preparedness
* agencies instructed to stress “success stories” and conceal supply shortages
6/6 * cabinet considered invoking Emergencies Act to seize pandemic-related factory production
* cabinet knowingly shipped date-expired medical supplies to provinces
“I am in charge of stock”: Sally Thornton, manager of @GovCanHealth $300M #pandemic medical supply stockpile. Thread. #cdnpoli
2/ @HoCCommitee on Health:
* 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.”
3/ Thornton: “We were not that familiar with what provinces had in their respective stockpiles”. Could not recall when @GovCanHealth began keeping electronic inventory. Thornton confirmed 3 warehouses closed incl. Regina depot that landfilled 2M N95 masks and 440K gloves. #skpoli