Every Vaccine Maker Was Asked to Make Their Doses in Canada and All Said No: Anand

Minister of Public Services and Procurement Anita Anand is seen via videoconference during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 1, 2021. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—Every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they could not, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Thursday.

Anand told the House of Commons industry committee that her department “proactively and repeatedly approached leading vaccine manufacturers’' about the matter.