Thu Jun 2, 2022 – 8:26 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament said that COVID travel vaccine mandates are no longer “justified” and should end, which is in direct conflict with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who recently defended them remaining in place.
“I abstained on the Conservative motion to immediately revert to pre-pandemic travel measures. I didn’t support the idea of dropping masks right away, but I’ve also made it clear to the government that a two-dose vaccine mandate without accommodation is no longer justified,” tweeted Liberal MP for Beaches-East York Nate Erskine-Smith on Tuesday.
Erskine-Smith’s comments came a day after the Trudeau Liberals with the help of the NDP voted against a motion from Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) MP Melissa Lantsman calling for the return of pre-pandemic rules and service levels for travel. The motion failed to pass, with 201 against and only 112 for.
In a Twitter thread, Erskine-Smith wrote that when they first debated “these questions” at the end of February, at that time “Dr. (Theresa) Tam had indicated that a review of mandates was warranted.”
“As I noted in my reasons then, an immediate and transparent
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