Montréal, April 15, 2021 – To say that the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) – masks, visors, gloves, gowns, etc. – was one of the most important factors in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is an understatement. In that race against the clock, all the industrialized countries grabbed for the same products, to meet increasingly desperate needs. But one year later, with hindsight, what lessons can we learn from this logistics crisis? Could Quebec have done things differently? It is precisely to better understand the decisions by the different logistics players in Quebec that the Centre for Productivity and Prosperity – Walter J. Somers Foundation asked researchers Jacques Roy and Martin Beaulieu to conduct a study on the management of PPE in the Quebec healthcare system.