Opposition Echoes Dissenting Liberal MP’s Demand That Trudeau End ‘Politicization’ of Pandemic

Conservative MP Candice Bergen rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 15, 2021. Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced off familiar calls from the official opposition to drop pandemic mandates during question period today, but this time they leveraged the words of a dissenting Liberal MP who broke ranks this morning by heavily criticizing COVID-19 restrictions and calling for their dismissal.

Interim Conservative Party Leader Candice Bergen said her party “could not agree more” with dissenting Liberal MP Joël Lightbound, who she said “clearly and strongly stated it’s time to end the divisiveness and the politicization and end the mandates.”