Conservative MP Karen Vecchio listens during a news conference in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. The low intake of complaints by Canada's new office of the sport integrity commissioner has grabbed the attention of Vecchio and some former athletes.
Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the status of women.Conservative MP Karen Vecchio listens during a news conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the Status of Women, saying they hope the change doesn't hurt their ability to work together across party lines.
Liberal MPs abstained from the vote but Liberal representative Pam Damoff said she was surprised by Vecchio's abrupt departure, calling her "strong, competent" and a "smart, progressive conservative woman." Conservative MP Shelby Kramp-Neuman was elected as the new chair of the parliamentary committee on the Status of Women.
During Thursday's meeting, Kramp-Neuman thanked her predecessor for her "commitment, her compassion and her dedication and advocacy" on women's issues. The sentiment was greeted with applause.Over the years, the Status of Women committee has studied murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls, safety in sports, intimate partner violence and access to menstrual products.
Leah Gazan, the NDP MP on the committee, told the new chair Thursday the "solidarity around this table is pretty fierce." A spat over abortion rights is what first landed Vecchio the role of chair in 2017, when Liberal MPs on the committee rejected former leader Andrew Scheer's pick, Alberta MP Rachael Thomas, because of her record on the issue.
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