When businesses were ordered to shut down in March of 2020, David Yeaman was thinking of ways to keep his enterprise afloat.
After a $5-million federal grant, 10 months, and manufacturing 27 million face shields, MPC has returned to its standard business. While Mr. Yeaman says the company was happy to keep frontline workers safe, help the community, and stay afloat through the pandemic. However, manufacturers and supply chain experts alike are concerned about the resilience of the supply chain if another health emergency were to strike.
The sudden shortages left policymakers scrambling to lift regulatory barriers and offer emergency funding to domestic manufacturers. But the pivot to allow companies to manufacture items such as plastic face shields, at the speed and scale required, was no easy task, Mr. Yeaman says. “You still have to meet all the federal, provincial requirements and regulations wrapped around it.”
Seems everyone is returning to normal except for the liberal_party TrudeauMustGo
Never should’ve existed. Especially when vx mandates were introduced into workplace to stop spread & prevent staff from getting it. If vaccines worked, there’d be no need for ppe’s. If ppe’s were invoked, it meant that vx didn’t work & therefore mandates should’ve been removed