The health minister had turned down an offer of federal support and, emails show, there was no indication a formal request would be on the horizon
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 wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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. 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.
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