"White House 'kiboshed' plan to ship unused North Dakota doses up to Canada, Manitoba premier says
Manitoba's premier on Saturday repeated his call for surplus doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. to be shipped to Canada — and said President Joe Biden needs to "get out of the way."
Brian Pallister said the province was working on a plan with North Dakota to ship thousands of vaccine doses from that state up to Manitoba, but it was "kiboshed" by the White House, which needs to approve such requests.
"I'm advocating for the United States and the White House in particular to get out of the way and let states and provinces co-operate on getting vaccines that are in freezers in the United States up into Canada, into arms," Pallister said at a rare Saturday morning news conference.
"Thus far, President Biden has said no. I say, 'Let's go, Joe.' The right answer is yes. We need your help, and we need it now."
Manitoba's premier on Saturday repeated his call for surplus doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. to be shipped to Canada — and said President Joe Biden needs to "get out of the way."
Brian Pallister said the province was working on a plan with North Dakota to ship thousands of vaccine doses from that state up to Manitoba, but it was "kiboshed" by the White House, which needs to approve such requests.
"I'm advocating for the United States and the White House in particular to get out of the way and let states and provinces co-operate on getting vaccines that are in freezers in the United States up into Canada, into arms," Pallister said at a rare Saturday morning news conference.
"Thus far, President Biden has said no. I say, 'Let's go, Joe.' The right answer is yes. We need your help, and we need it now."
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