Ottawa Donates Former Liberal MP’s Surplus Ventilators to Ukraine

Ventilators bought by the Canadian government during the COVID-19 pandemic have now been donated to Ukraine. The machines, purchased from former Liberal MP Frank Baylis’ company Baylis Medical, had been kept in storage and considered surplus. “The Government of Canada has declared a portion of these ventilators as surplus to program requirements and is advancing divestment in accordance with the Treasury Board Directive On The Management Of Material,” said an Inquiry Of Ministry response tabled in the Commons, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. “To date the stockpile has permanently transferred 206 units to provinces and territories and donated 839 units internationally to India, Nepal, Pakistan and Ukraine.”...