Northern Manitoba and Ontario were probably our most challenged communities in terms of the outbreak. Not only would they have received more PPE as a result of.... There were communities like Norway House, Shamattawa or Red Sucker Lake that seemed to be in a continuous mode of outbreak. We would get the numbers down, and numbers would go up again. They likely received more PPE as a result of the outbreaks and the needs within the community.
Many of those communities would also decide, at times, to accommodate their most vulnerable populations outside community, for example, in Winnipeg, Thompson and various areas, so PPE would be delivered not just to the communities but also to the isolation centres. That's another reason.
Many of those communities also made requests for assistance, so the military was sent in. We needed to ensure that, throughout all of those peak periods, those supports were there not just for the community members but the staff, including the first nations pandemic response team or the AMC ambassadors, who were deployed into community.