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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his province has an excess of medical supplies due to 'excellent pandemic planning.' It will send N95 masks and other supplies to Ontario, B.C. and Quebec. Ontario will also get 50 ventilators from Alberta. News release:
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he's 'absolutely confident' sharing supplies with other provinces will not cause a shortage in his Alberta. He says he couldn't in good conscience stockpile equipment when other provinces are in danger of running out of PPE.
More @CBCNews: Alberta to send supplies to other provinces in need during pandemic. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-premier-gives-update-on-support-to-other-provinces-during-pandemic-1.5529989
Clarification: The Alberta government has corrected one of the numbers in its news release. Ontario will receive 2.5 million procedural masks, not 5 million. The updated news release is below.
