By Epoch Times ——Bio and Archives--February 16, 2024
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Canadian manufacturers of masks and other equipment for protecting against COVID-19 are seeking more than $5 billion in damages from the federal government, saying Ottawa misled them about buying and helping sell their products.
In
a statement of claim filed in Federal Court, the companies and their
industry association allege the government made “negligent
misrepresentations” that prompted them to invest in personal protection
equipment innovations, manufacturing and production. ---More...
“inappropriately misdirected” Canadians away from buying and using N95 and other manufactured masks in favour of “making, buying and wearing cloth masks for at least the first two-year period of the pandemic.”
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