Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole vows to challenge ‘improper conduct’ by Board of Internal Economy in setting new parliamentary rule
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said Wednesday that members of his party who enter the House of Commons once Parliament resumes will be vaccinated against COVID-19 – but he declined to say how many Conservative MPs have not yet received their shots.
The Board of Internal Economy , which manages the House of Commons and includes members from different parties, determined the vaccination policy. Anthony Rota, the Speaker of the House and the board’s chair, announced the new rules last week.“Only the House of Commons can determine its composition and its conduct,” Mr. O’Toole said, suggesting it’s up to all members, not just the BOIE, to decide on such issues.It remains unclear exactly how Mr.
Regardless, Mr. O’Toole reiterated, “the entire Conservative caucus will respect and abide by all the rules and all health guidance.” He would not say, when asked, what he has told members of his caucus who are unwilling to be vaccinated.responded. Among other topics, he said, MPs discussed the fact that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had called for Parliament to return on Nov. 22, later than the Conservatives have said they would have liked. Mr.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh responded to Mr. O’Toole’s announcement. “It’s a little shocking it took so long for the Conservatives to agree to measures Canadians have already accepted,” he said in an e-mail to The Globe and Mail, noting that people across the country have already been vaccinated. used a series of tweets over several days to defend the rights of those who choose not to say whether or not they have been vaccinated. “The media and the power structure expect me to sit in the back of the bus. I won’t!” she wrote. “They will try to paint me as a reckless lunatic in order to lynch me into silence.
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