NDP MP Charlie Angus described politicians' choice to travel abroad, despite public health advisories, as ‘entitlement’ and ‘hypocrisy.’
Despite public health advisories, Liberal MP Kamal Khera, left, Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi, Conservative MP David Sweet, Conservative MP Ron Liepert, and NDP MP Niki Ashton travelled abroad over the holidays. MPs and political insiders have described their choice to travel internationally in the midst of COVID-19 as 'entitlement' and 'hypocrisy.' The Hill Times file photographs
Elected politicians who travelled abroad during the Christmas break have no margin of error left for their credibility, and any more mistakes could prove to be fatal for their political careers, say some political players and MPs.
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