OTTAWA — Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the status of women.
Government members say they were disappointed to learn this week that Karen Vecchio would no longer be at the helm, after having first served as chair in 2017.
Liberal MPs abstained from the vote, but Liberal representative Pam Damoff says she was surprised by Vecchio's departure, calling her a"strong, competent" and"smart progressive conservative woman" who poured her heart into building relationships with women's groups. Conservative spokesman Sebastian Skamski says changes to committee assignments are not an irregular and that Kramp-Neuman is a"proud female common sense Conservative" who will champion the issues Canadian women are facing.
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