Tories Demand More Info on Investigation Into General Overseeing Vaccine Campaign

Tories Demand More Info on Investigation Into General Overseeing Vaccine Campaign
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole holds a press conference in Ottawa on May 13, 2021. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Federal Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole is blasting the Liberal government for not providing Canadians with more information about why the general overseeing Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign has been forced to step aside.

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