Blanchet and O’Toole return to Parliament, urge Canadians to keep guard up against COVID-19

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Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole both tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in September

Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet holds a press conference on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Sept. 30, 2020.A sombre Yves-Francois Blanchet reflected Wednesday on his own experience with COVID-19, saying he was lucky to have caught a mild case of the illness but that many Canadians are not so fortunate.

Both underscored the responsibility that Canadians have to keep their guard up against the illness, which has so far infected more than 158,000 people in the country – and left 9,200 dead.Blanchet, whose wife also tested positive for COVID-19, made a point of focusing attention on those who have died as he was asked during a news conference what it was like to have had the illness.

He went on to state that while there is “no absolute protection” from COVID-19, all Canadians have a responsibility to keep up their guard against it to protect those who might be at risk of serious illness. O’Toole made similar comments ahead of a meeting with members of his caucus Wednesday morning, after he and his wife Rebecca also tested positive this month.

 

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So keeping up our guard means we get to punch no maskers in the face if they come near us.

O'Toole tested positive on September 18....how is he back in the House and how is he even allowed back in the house since it hasn't been 14 days. Did he have successive negative tests.

Covid19 blah blah blah

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