Quebec company with no factory in Canada lands 10-year $133M sole-sourced federal deal to make PPE

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Medicom has since received a $4M loan from the Government of Québec to build a new factory in Montréal and the contractor hired was SNC\u002DLavalin Group

tap here to see other videos from our team“Canadian companies are answering the call to protect our health care professionals with made-in-Canada solutions,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at the time.Medicom received an initial $19,922,868 contract to ship masks from its factories in Augusta, Georgia as well as China, Taiwan and France.

“How many Canadian companies that we’ve contracted with have been given ten-year contracts similar to Medicom?” Conservative MP Kelly Block from Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek in Saskatchewan. Medicom has since received a $4 million loan from the Government of Québec to build a new factory in Montréal and the contractor hired was SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.

 

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thecrisp69 More Liberal Corruption. How do you grant a sole source contract to a company with NO Manufacturing Capacity in Canada.

Why does Canada need Quebec?

Wow - the money keeps coming for the great opportunists.

Wtf eh

Where is the factory?

This picture makes the masks together look like a corset lol!

CBC Reports that of the 700 cases of ID Fraud to collect CERB almost 50% are from Quebec, which makes up 23% of the Canada’s population?!

The corruption never seems to end in Quebec?! Why the fuck is wrong with this place?

China owns Canada ....

Since he screwed Alberta with his anti oil should be manufacture there

Vote buying Chinese plant moving to Canada?

incugneto Crap crap crap

This is such a corrupt joke that it only makes sense that the picture running with the article looks like a covid proof bra and panty set.

So in essence AB is funding the construction. Priceless!

WTF

OMG this fucking corrupt liberal government. They make me sick

if you r not a Quebec resident you will not get a job. in construction or the factory when it is built. It is a law in Quebec. I am talking from experience.

Hahahahaha hahahahaha

This unfortunately happens in construction all the time but do you really care in this case? Is it more important to have a delayed red taped bidding process or make some PPE ASAP for a drop in the bucket compared to what is being spent elsewhere

Looks fishy to me

Here we go again!

How the hell is that even news? Medicom has plants in Taiwan, France, China, and the U.S., and it's now building one here to address global export bans on PPE. Not like we're funding a shaky startup with zero experience in PPE production!

Of course they did! SMH!

But they did get $4million so SNC could build them a factory that never happened? Ohhh it’s in Quebec, no longer surprised

15 days to flatten the curve...remember the good ole days...

More Trudeau corruption

So, business as usual, then?

Apparently being sick is good business. Projecting that all citizens will be wearing masks All The Time!!! NEXT is the annual flu season , mask policy will be in place. Normal life, no more.

And we wonder what’s gone wrong in Canada?

Again Liberals looking out for Quebec. I’ve had enough of Trudeau! No factory yet gets millions from the government.

It appears that we don’t have a prime minister of Canada...we have a prime minister of Quebec.

As much as I like the fact it’s a Canadian company (yes Quebec is still in Canada), the questions are valid and answers are needed. FreeSpeech

The CEOs last name isn't Trudeau is it?

Here we go again! JT didn't know, he did it to protect Canadian jobs, it's the only company that knows able to do the job, etc. All these answers are coming back from this innocent guy and we have to believe his good intentions. Sure!

There are 9 other provinces and 3 territories in Canada and yet again, the government panders to Quebec. With SNC Lavelin involved? That’s rich.

Alberta is like the kid in class with his hand up and the teacher picks the French kid again because his parents drop off presents for the staff.

You explained it all at Quebec company.

Canadians have Trudeau Government corruption fatigue.

Is the factory of this Quebec company in China?

zappafreak83 oh.

MJMama10 Buy Canadian Support LOCAL

Get off your asses earlier. Blacklocks.

Vive le Quebec

This should go to a company in Canada.

So made in China ...?.its a marketing company that outsources? The WE-Can PPE Oiu Companie !!!

Here we go again.

Queue up the Liberal cult with a bunch of whataboutisms. I don't know how they never seem to get tired of making excuses for Trudeau and company.

Wow

Another Quebec pay off

How do these “deals” get awarded by a minority government without any discussion or review?

What!!!!

So much for economic diversification.

It’s a Liberal Party miracle!!!

Is there a special form I have to fill out to get a single sourced contract from liberal_party

Probably with the Federal Government's Backing. No one is Surprised by What the a Federal Government does Anymore, and SNC Lavalin is Their Second Favorite Charity.

It's a PPE bikini.

I see trudipshits hat in the brownface pics.

like every other politician and party leading the country, we have to kneel to Quebec or else they will cry about unfair treatment. no factory in canada, how?

Unbelievable

'Sole-sourced'.

That’s pathetic

JanDonald1 What's with this sole - source garbage?

Unfuckingbelievable!

RevisitingLife And anyone is surprised by this...really I'll wait.

It’s protecting Canadian jobs in China, typical Trudeau style

And their costs covered.

How do I get one of these deals? I would have done it for $130,000,000

Shocking said no Canadian.

Wow a Quebec company gets the contract.....I'm in shock.

I'm more concerned with the 10 year deal part. So, this virus will be around for 10years then?

More friends of JustinTrudeau ?

But the ethics commissioner approved it

Here we go again, the Trudeau liberals helping their rich friends. Canadian taxpayers money going to help liberal supporter instead of helping CANADIANS.

Sounds about right!

Which one of Trudeau's friends he met at McGill owns that company

Does the Ethics Commissioner give volume discounts?

I have no manufacturing capability in Canada either. Still waiting on my $133M contract.

Question. Does the company own a manufacturing facility somewhere? If not, the company is nothing more than a distributor for the offshore producer. If this is the case this is pure fucking graft or better known as Trudeau Corruption.

fern_60 SNC-Lavalin. Enough said.

Raise your hand if you are at all surprised! 👎

What a SELL OUT government

So the new factory is to be built by SNC Lavelin?

Jasonvalliere2 This is a Canadian PPE company with factories in other countries. This contract is a legitimate action to secure PPE for Canadians well into the future. A good move for Canadians. National Post trying to invent another fake scandal, an effing unconscionable appeal to the ignorant

Look at the +ve: Cdn company, new jobs, made in Canada supplies. Smell test: they have a factory in Wuhan, sole source, SNC. Why not use the Oshawa auto plant where they are currently making PPE. Jobs needed when it closes. Is there a journalist out there?

That is the Trudeau government for you. Just a joke, we need him out.

I guess they are the only ones capable of providing them.

Since Herb Grey died the liberals have not been able to sustain a proper manufacturing economy that would supply an important tax base

Factory should be in Canada as we supply part of the material. If there is no factory now they should be contracted to make one within 6 months. That would be possible

and here's the next scandal

More liberal corruption!?!? I wish I was shocked. I'm not. This is what you get when you vote Trudeau. Sold out. That's it. We were sold out. TrudeauMustGo

Because...Quebec.

PLawrenceMP Justin is trying to buy back his riding?

Trudeau's all about Quebec that's where the whole situation needs to go down this is cold out Guang Qin here I Rise

merci , Trudeau !! For bankrupting our great nation .

Crony Capitalism

And yet a company like mine who is a 100% CDN company has bees disqualified from providing seamless pipe for the Gordie Howe Bridge not right

A subsidiary of SNC Lavalin or Bombardier no doubt.

Wtf!!!!

Isn’t the plan supposed to be made in Canada to ensure supply availability if borders close? How does this help if they can’t make no masks in Canada?

Who owns the factory? Sasha Trudeau?

Are they related to Trudeau or contributors to the Liberal party?

Come on canada. Do better than this!

No corruption there, move along and please no looking at the share holders.

Has their every been a more anti Canadian PM?

They're kidding! The lib gov't signs 10 year (133M) sole-sourced contract w. comp. that closed it's factory (2019). So the feds give Medicom 93M to 'build' another, and QB gov't hires SNC... Which Minister handled this proposal?

this is absurd. our tax money paid to boost offshore economy while many Canadians lost jobs and struggle to make ends meet. Liberals must be ousted next election.

Another sop to Quebec. Do we EVER get tired of bending over to those crybullies?

The Canadian French have been babied for a century.

I have a shed and sewing machine. Can i get some money for PPE production?

All you can do is laugh and say welcome to the comedy show.

liberals buying votes again in Quebec

Is this compnay just newly formed 😂

This doesn’t appear shady at all. 🤦‍♀️

Wonder which friend needs more money now .....and I would really like to know where their factory is?

So messed up.

So much for being self sufficient

How much is Margret and Sophie making from this ... are they doing face mask speaking sessions:)

Trudeau, Trudeau, what a joke!

Would never happen in Ontario. I’ll give Ford credit

Which Trudeau, Morneau, Freeland and/or McKenna family member is the main stock holder of the company?

Nothing surprises me when it comes to handouts to Quebec. Discussing. TrudeauCorruption

How does this stuff happen?

How demoralizing to Cdn businesses who could have a very least tendered a proposal. Albeit Libs are investing into Qc and providing local job creation, note that other existing Cdn based operations are also tax paying businesses with Cdn employees and who need the business!!

Well that’s fucking lovely isn’t it 🤔 unemployment is rampant in Canada 🇨🇦 so why not award a contract to a company with no factory in Canada 🤷🏽‍♂️ haven’t we learned anything yet

Cronyism! Liberals are shameless scoundrels. They pander to 1% of filthy rich. Canadians will remember and elect a government from another Party. Canadians want a NDP government. NDP will work for the 99% of Canadians. Thank you for reading.

Quebec again , what else is new . Is this a gift to the Bloc to look the other way

There's no end to Justin kissing Quebec's ass, must be one of his buddies

Scandal number.......

How much of the money is going back to the Liberal party and Treudopes pocket.

The Liberal mafia rolls along

More corruption

So what you’re saying is a middleman here is contracting out to a Chinese company and the product is not being made in Canada not creating jobs in Canada but supplying jobs to overseas?! Atta boy Trudeau!!

Has JustinTrudeau and his unethical cabinet ministers not learned anything, other than taking care of themselves, or those that scratch their backs? How has this improved our country’s position in planning for a future pandemic?

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