Erin O’Toole says he won’t bar Conservative MPs from using private COVID-19 testing site

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Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says he’s urging his MPs to be hypervigilant amid concerns they could bring COVID-19 from Ottawa back to their ridings

But he won’t stop them from using the same private testing clinic he did after he was turned away from a public facility in Ottawa that was over capacity.

A call to the public health office for MPs directed him to a clinic and he went the next day without realizing it was a fully private establishment set up for MPs, he said. While all parties agreed to a hybrid approach that allows MPs to attend the House of Commons in person or log-in remotely, the Tories have been steadfast in maintaining that in-person sittings are crucial.

He is believed to have contracted the virus from a staffer who was in his immediate circle. As MPs come and go, he said, they can’t be sure of where their own staff have been.“And that means not taking your mask off when you’re in your office with your staff. It means constant vigilance, so that we can we can do the democratic role we have responsibility .”

 

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Bottom line it is not “ government sanctioned “ .... if the GOv does not pay for it , and does not approve it ...: who gives a F*** ( either it works or someone wasted the cash )

Some people are just more equal than others

What a surprise from the Stephen Harper wanna be.

erinotoole great optics for the PRIVILEGED PC Party

globepolitics Who set up this private testing site for MPs? Betcha it was your Liberals.

globepolitics It’s Sneakers O’Toole!

Why is this newsworthy?

Must be nice to have $400 you can just blow.

Please have a non confidence vote defeat the liberals and try and solve all the problems you have complained about. It is easier to snipe from the sidelines than participate in a constructive debate that will produce positive solutions.

Shouldn’t we question why the federal government decided that a special MPs only medical clinic was set up in the first place?

Why would he?

Who does he think he is?

globepolitics Ofcourse. They don't sell out and steal from Canadians just to use public establishments.

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