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The news of the race’s resumption comes as Sloan faces pressure from the very MPs he hopes to lead to retract comments attacking Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, and questioning her loyalty to Canada.Conservative MP Derek Sloan attends a Conservative caucus retreat on Parliament Hill on Jan. 24, 2020.
Sloan asked if Tam, who was born in Hong Kong, works for “China or Canada.” Several Conservatives, including prominent voices Michael Chong and Michelle Rempel Garner, joined MPs from other parties in publicly condemning the remark. The Ontario Conservative caucus passed a motion this week demanding Sloan apologize or else some MPs could seek to have him removed from caucus in a vote, The Canadian Press reported.
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