The Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) is so “genuinely worried” by Canada’s slow pace of COVID-19 inoculation it has taken to almost begging the United States for assistance.
Flavio Volpe, president of the APMA, is concerned the United States is opening a wide “vaccination gap” that will ultimately cost Canadians auto investment, contracts and jobs.
So, Volpe has written U.S. President Joe Biden asking that he rescind an executive signed by the previous Trump Administration that puts Americans first when it comes to accessing domestic production of COVID-19 vaccines.
In a letter dated Feb. 11, Volpe pleads with the president to revisit Executive Order 13962, “Ensuring Access to United States Government COVID-19 Vaccines.” The order prioritizes vaccine shipments to Americans before any other nations.