coronavirus vaccine because they wouldn’t be delivered until after the government hopes to have the entire population vaccinated.“If the Government of Canada exercised the option to acquire the 16 million doses beyond our existing purchase of 40 million doses of Moderna’s vaccine, those 16 million would not have arrived until the end of 2021,” the office of Procurement Minister Anita Anand said in an emailed statement.“Therefore, they would not have contributed to Canada’s objective relating to the vaccination of every Canadian who choose to be vaccinated by the end of September 2021.” Feds publish coronavirus vaccine distribution list, painting rollout picture for coming months Moderna confirmed the news, saying it “could not commit to.