RETURNING TO THE WORKPLACE WITH CONFIDENCE
We live values that return our people home safely. Every person.
Every site. Every day.
The Government of Canada today contracted General Motors of Canada to provide 10 million face masks over the next year with production to begin immediately. GM Canada will manufacture the face masks at cost at its Oshawa Operations for the Public Health Agency of Canada. GM Canada received its Medical Device Establishment License on April 22 and the company built and installed the mask making machinery, sourced materials and trained its workers in approximately one month.
RETURNING TO THE WORKPLACE WITH CONFIDENCE
We live values that return our people home safely. Every person.
Every site. Every day.
To protect our employees and suppliers, everyone will be required to comply with a robust set of health and safety measures prior to entering our facilities.
Cleaning supplies, medical support, masks and safety glasses are just a few of the protective actions being provided to employees and visitors where appropriate.
We will continuously monitor and adapt our processes to continue to help protect our employees and and communities.
SEE HOW WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Workers begin final preparation for manufacturing Level 1 face masks Wednesday, April 1, 2019 at the General Motors facility in Warren, Michigan.
To help Canada meet the urgent need for face masks for health care professionals and for other Canadians, GM Canada is preparing portions of the Oshawa plant to produce face masks based on the GM production model already working in Michigan. We plan to manufacture approximately one million masks per month at cost for the Canadian government with an estimate of 50 employees supporting two shifts of production. The project still requires completion of additional work with our governments and our Unifor partners and we will provide updates as we get ready to begin production.
"This is a proud day for all the employees of GM Canada to be preparing the Oshawa plant to make millions of face masks at cost to help Canada fight this COVID-19 Emergency," said Scott Bell, president and managing director, GM Canada. "We look forward to partnering with our government and union partners to make this happen quickly."
Last Updated: 7/20/2020