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Burnaby's Mustang Survival, a marine apparel and goods company, now produces reusable medical gowns to help Canada fight COVID-19

Transcription – Mustang Survival and the Government of Canada fight COVID-19

[Music starts]

[Clips of a business door sign being flipped from "open" to "closed," people sanitizing common objects and shared spaces, people wearing face masks while working, front-line workers wearing medical gowns, medical gowns being manufactured]

[Text on screen:
#COVID19
#STAYSAFE]

Voiceover: We were all asked to do our part in the fight against COVID-19.

For some of us, that means staying home, while for others, it means continuing to deliver essential services.

[Text on screen: #CDNBUSINESS]

Voiceover: Industry answered the call. More than 6,000 Canadian businesses stepped up to the plate.

[Text on screen: MUSTANG SURVIVAL WATERLIFE STUDIO, MARINE APPAREL AND GOODS COMPANY, BURNABY, B.C.]

Voiceover: The pandemic meant new levels of demand for medical gowns and other personal protective equipment.

Mustang Survival, a marine apparel and goods company, was one of the many companies that stepped forward to do its part to help Canadians.

When the federal government requested help from manufacturers, Mustang Survival retooled its operations to manufacture reusable medical gowns to do its part to help fight COVID-19.

[Text on screen: MUSTANG SURVIVAL HAS PRODUCED REUSABLE MEDICAL GOWNS TO ENSURE THAT CANADA'S HEALTH CARE AND ESSENTIAL SERVICE WORKERS ARE SAFE.]

Voiceover: The Burnaby, B.C., company worked with Canadian textile manufacturer Stedfast, from Granby, Quebec, to quickly design, source material for, and produce level 3 medical gowns.

Looking for a made-in-Canada solution to the need for more gowns, ISED acted as the matchmaker between Mustang Survival and Canadian textile companies that could provide fabric.

[Mustang Survival logo]

[Text on screen: The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry]

Minister Bains: The Government of Canada is proud to work with companies such as Mustang Survival, not only as a matchmaker but also as a customer, purchasing these made-in-Canada medical gowns for Canadians across the country. Canada, we're in this together and we're stronger together!

[Text on screen:
#WEREINTHISTOGETHER
#STRONGERTOGETHER]

[ISED signature]

[Canada wordmark]

[Music ends]