Feds to Ramp up Production of Medical Supplies, Repatriate Overseas Canadians

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media about the COVID-19 pandemic during a news conference outside Rideau cottage in Ottawa, Canada, on March 20, 2020. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

OTTAWA—The federal government is unveiling a plan to have companies quickly produce medical equipment to cope with the rapidly multiplying cases of COVID-19 across Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the plan will provide support to manufacturers that want to retool their assembly lines to make ventilators, masks and other personal protective gear.