Within just one month, General Motors is ready for mass production at its Oshawa plant. “We went from putting our hand up, saying we can help, to being able to produce a million masks a month,” said David Paterson, VP of Corporate and Environmental Affairs for GM Canada.
It was officially announced Tuesday, May 26 by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in his daily briefing. The company has signed into a contract with the government to manufacture masks for the next 10 months. “This contract will produce good, well-paying jobs in an industry that has faced tough times,” said Trudeau in the briefing.
The car manufacturer vowed to step up to the challenge of making desperately needed PPE last month, saying they could easily retool a section of the