Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole tripped over his own stay-at-home plan for unvaccinated MPs Wednesday while he was taking questions in French
Usually it takes Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole a day or two before he contradicts himself, but on Wednesday he did it in about 15 minutes.
Mr. O’Toole clearly wanted to give the impression that all Conservative MPs will be vaccinated before the Commons resumes Nov. 22. But what he really meant – what his Tory caucus agreed to – is that those who actually show up for sittings of the Commons will be vaccinated. Mr. O’Toole apparently thought he had a winning formula when he emerged to speak to reporters about the question on Wednesday.
That’s not what he meant. The “plan” Mr. O’Toole put forward to his caucus only requires vaccination for those who attend sittings in person. He did pledge to contest the decision by the House of Commons’ Board of Internal Economy – the committee of MPs that manages the Commons – to require vaccinations. But he said he would contest that decision on procedural grounds.
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