Investigations

Health Canada ignored warning signs before Ottawa spent billions on BTNX rapid tests – National

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Health Canada ignored warning signs before Ottawa spent billions on BTNX rapid tests – National

Health Canada ignored critical warnings about a rapid-test supplier before approving its COVID-19 kits for distribution nationwide, Global News has found. A year-long Global News investigation into federal procurement revealed that BTNX, a Toronto-area rapid-test supplier that buys the devices from China, deleted dozens of specimens, or samples, from a study it submitted to Health … Read more

Bombardier wins deal to supply U.S. Army with jet for spy plane prototype – National

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Bombardier wins deal to supply U.S. Army with jet for spy plane prototype – National

After losing a major contract to Boeing at home, Canadian aerospace giant Bombardier Inc. has won a new deal to sell the U.S. Army up to three of its Global Express 6500 business jets so they can be transformed into an American spy plane prototype. Bombardier won the U.S. Army deal in mid-December, but it … Read more

How a Global News investigation into federal pandemic contracts unfolded – National

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How a Global News investigation into federal pandemic contracts unfolded – National

Global News’ investigation into federal pandemic contracts began with a call in summer 2022 to a reporter from an executive working in the rapid test sector. Officials’ choices of suppliers seemed inexplicable, he said. Why didn’t they hire more Canadian manufacturers? Few people outside the industry knew that almost all of the $5 billion the … Read more

COVID test supplier received billions in pandemic contracts after submitting edited results – National

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Health Canada ignored warning signs before Ottawa spent billions on BTNX rapid tests – National

A rapid test importer landed an estimated $2 billion in federal contracts in 2021 and 2022, despite giving regulators incomplete data about its product’s accuracy, Global News has found. A year-long investigation into federal procurement revealed that BTNX, a small rapid test supplier based outside Toronto, deleted dozens of specimens, or samples, from a study … Read more