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Manitoba bought 500K reusable N95 respirators. 3 years later, 98% are in storage

The province of Manitoba spent $35 million to buy reusable N95 respirators from a local company in 2020 to protect health-care workers during the pandemic, but three years later, only a small fraction of those masks were ever used. ....

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Manitoba hospitals using PPE linked to overseas factories with forced labour allegations

Manitoba hospitals using PPE linked to overseas factories with forced labour allegations
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A Top Glove employee took a camera inside his factory to show the unsafe working and unsanitary living conditions at the company.
A CBC
Marketplace investigation revealed some personal protective equipment used throughout Manitoba s health-care system has connections to overseas factories accused of forced labour practices.
The initial investigation found millions of disposable gloves being manufactured in Malaysia by employees working in sweatshop-like conditions were linked to hospitals across Canada.
A subsequent look at Manitoba s PPE landscape showed at least two of the companies investigated either manufacture or supply gloves used by the majority of health-care facilities in the province. ....

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