Canadian Armed Forces Developing Plan to Distribute COVID-19 Vaccine

Canadian Armed Forces personnel arrive at the Villa Val des Arbes seniors residence, in Laval, Que, Canada on April 20, 2020. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) will assist the government in developing a plan to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine to Canadians, said Major General Trevor Cadieu, the head of Strategic Joint Staff, on Monday.

“The Canadian Armed Forces is assisting with the development of a logistics support plan for the role of the vaccine. We’re helping to establish a national operation centre that will oversee distribution of the vaccine,” Cadieu told the parliamentary committee on national defence on Monday, adding that the Chief of Defence Staff will advise on the efficient use of the CAF resources to roll out the vaccines in the weeks or months to come.