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KPMG Poll Finds Canadians Concerned About Supply Shortages

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This year’s holiday wish list could look a little different for Canadians, because many of the latest gadgets and toys might not be available.

Global manufacturing disruptions and supply shortages due to COVID-19 are keeping a lot of items off of store shelves this year.

A survey by KPMG this month found nearly three in five Canadians who have already started their Christmas shopping, couldn’t find what they wanted to buy.

Many of the individuals polled who hadn’t started shopping felt their gift giving was going to involved a lot of IOU’s.

Two thirds said if they didn’t get their shopping started by mid-November, parcels wouldn’t arrive in time for the holidays.

Seventy-three per cent also said they are buying products made in Canada this year instead of overseas.

Other key poll highlights included:

  • 51 per cent say they likely missed the last day they can place orders and expect container ships bringing them in from overseas to arrive in time for the holiday season
  • Well over half (56 per cent) say they’re “living in weekly hope” that the gifts they ordered will actually arrive in time for the holidays
  • 73 per cent say they “feel lucky” that they got the item they wanted while it was in stock
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Health Product Concerns In Ontario

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Premier Doug Ford is calling on manufacturing companies to step up and help produce critical supplies for the battle against COVID-19.

Ford says it’s “All hands on deck right now”.

He says he’s been in talks with distilleries in the province about producing hand sanitizer.

“To convert over as long as they have a proper warning label and they have a bottle. We don’t care what bottle it’s in. They can use their liquor bottles as long as it’s properly labelled so they won’t have to change over.”

Health Minister Christine Elliott reiterated a similar message saying they are working on getting more ventilators for hospitals.

“I want the people of Ontario to know that we are certainly aware that there are going to be tremendous pressures on our health care system and that we are building our capacity in terms of hospital beds, health care beds generally. And in ventilators. We’ve just increased in-house supply by 300 ventilators.”

Both politicians are asking manufactures to help fill the shortages