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The scramble for PPE: ‘This country has never seen procurement like it is occurring now’

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has likened efforts to procure medical supplies right now to the ‘Wild West,’ and the feds are taking a whole-of-government approach to pull it off.

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The scramble for PPE: ‘This country has never seen procurement like it is occurring now’

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has likened efforts to procure medical supplies right now to the ‘Wild West,’ and the feds are taking a whole-of-government approach to pull it off.

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