Politicians face heat for travelling outside Canada during holidays
January 2, 2021
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A prominent member of the federal New Democrats lost her cabinet critic positions after she travelled to Greece to visit a family member in spite of widespread travel restrictions meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The party released a statement saying Manitoba member of Parliament Niki Ashton travelled to Greece recently to visit her grandmother who was ill.
She is the sixth MP or MPP to travel over the holidays including: Tracey Allard , Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister went to Hawaii with her family Dec., 18th saying it was a usual family vacation at Christmas. Calgary-Peigan MLA Tanya Fir went to Las Vegas to visit her sister and Calgary-Klein MLA Jeremy Nixon is in Hawaii. Premier Jason Kenney’s chief of staff also travelled.
The federal NDP said Friday that it has removed an MP from her shadow critic roles after it was revealed she had left the country amid strict public health guidelines to not travel during the coronavirus pandemic.
The fraught, often frightening year of 2020 may be over, but experts warn the dawn of a new one doesn t leave behind the troubles caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patients in multiple Canadian hotspots are flooding hospitals at an alarming rate and expected to arrive in even greater numbers in the weeks to come, doctors and health centres said Friday.
“If these rates of increase continue the way they are, the months of January and February are absolutely going to be brutal. It’s just a question of how brutal will it be, said Anthony Dale, head of the Ontario Hospital Association.
A new year renews concerns for hospitals grappling with COVID 19, experts warn
January 2, 2021
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA-The fraught, often frightening year of 2020 may be over, but experts warn the dawn of a new one doesn’t leave behind the troubles caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Patients in multiple Canadian hotspots are flooding hospitals at an alarming rate and expected to arrive in even greater numbers in the weeks to come, doctors and health centres said Friday.
“If these rates of increase continue the way they are, the months of January and February are absolutely going to be brutal.