Senator Dennis Patterson is organizing a donation of ready-to-feed baby formula and safe-to-swallow toothpaste for Iqaluit residents.

Working with VIO volunteers, an Ontario-based non-profit group founded to send aid during the Covid-19 pandemic, the goal is to ship $10,000 worth of formula and $5,000 worth of toothpaste to the Nunavut capital.

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Canadian North and Arctic Co-ops have agreed to provide free shipping in support of the effort, according to PattersonSA国际影视传媒檚 office.