Current, Former Tory MPs Defend Leslyn Lewis After Her Criticism of COVID Vaccination Plan for Kids

Then-Conservative Party leadership candidate Leslyn Lewis makes her opening statement at the start of the French Leadership Debate in Toronto on June 17, 2020. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis is getting support from some Conservative Party insiders as she challenged the federal government’s announcement of a roadmap for providing a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11 children.

Currently, the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are only available for children 12 and older. Earlier this month, Pfizer asked Health Canada to approve its vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11.