The CCA heard from a significant number of members about the lack of PPE available and the worry that they would be required to have these supplies to meet back to work directives.  We set out to find a supplier and interviewed several as part of our process, that could assure us they had sufficient stock to supply the membership, that their products met Health Canada specifications and were licensed and had pricing that was reasonable in the marketplace.  Pricing we understood would be higher than normal due to the lack of supply in the current emergency and the costs of air freight.  Securing a reliable supply of PPE was the key factor in our decision making.