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Canada Opposition Conservatives Want Plan to End Covid Mandates

POLITICAL RISK
(MNI) OTTAWA
  • Interim Conservative Party Leader Candice Bergen introducing nonbinding parliamentary motion on federal restrictions
  • "Follow the science, and table a plan to quickly end all federal mandates and restrictions. Canadians deserve a plan — it’s time the Prime Minister gave them one" according to party statement
  • Liberal government and NDP with majority of votes likely to oppose motion
  • Federal restrictions mainly apply to interprovincial and international travel; most mandates enforced at provincial/municipal level
  • Conservatives recently sacked their leader amid trucker protests calling for end of mandates
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com
MNI Ottawa Bureau | +1 613-314-9647 | greg.quinn@marketnews.com

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