A national system to manage and track COVID-19 vaccines is hardly being used by the provinces, even though nearly half of eligible Canadians have received at least one dose of a vaccine already. The system was originally called the National Vaccine Management Information Technology Platform, but was later rebranded as VaccineConnect. It was built by the accounting firm Deloitte and cost federal taxpayers $16 million. Of the six provinces and territories that answered iPolitics’ questions about VaccineConnect, just one province, Saskatchewan, said it’s using the system. VaccineConnect is supposed to connect the federal government with the provinces and territories in three ways: by allowing the provinces and territories to order doses from Ottawa; by analyzing and reporting the effectiveness, safety, and coverage of vaccines; and by managing the rollout of vaccines, from where they arrive to where they’re injected.