SASKATOON — Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces were caught off guard by a request for help from Saskatchewan during the height of the fourth…
Documents obtained under freedom of information laws show employees in the federal departments were surprised when Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman sent a letter in October 2021 to then-federal health minister Patty Hajdu requesting help.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Saskatchewan was reporting record-high numbers of people in hospital and front-line health-care workers were voicing their concern that it would get worse. Surgeries and tests were being cancelled and staff were redeployed to COVID-19 wards.Article content However, at the time the Saskatchewan government was reaching out to several places in the United States for assistance.
Public Safety Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces quickly began emailing each other about how to best respond to the unexpected request. Public Safety Canada spokesperson Magali Deussing said in an email that during the pandemic, requests for assistance occasionally came through health channels and they were redirected to the right departments. Due to the dynamic nature of the pandemic, Deussing added, not all demands could be foreseen.
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