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‘More of a social work role’: MPs on balancing constituency work with emotions of electorate during COVID-19

'It’s just another case of bad timing, as an awful lot of Canadians are coping with plans that have to be adapted or suspended,' says Conservative MP Peter Kent, who is packing to move out of his constituency office in Vaughan to another site, all amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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March 27, 2020

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‘More of a social work role’: MPs on balancing constituency work with emotions of electorate during COVID-19

'It’s just another case of bad timing, as an awful lot of Canadians are coping with plans that have to be adapted or suspended,' says Conservative MP Peter Kent, who is packing to move out of his constituency office in Vaughan to another site, all amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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‘More of a social work role’: MPs on balancing constituency work with emotions of electorate during COVID-19

'It’s just another case of bad timing, as an awful lot of Canadians are coping with plans that have to be adapted or suspended,' says Conservative MP Peter Kent, who is packing to move out of his constituency office in Vaughan to another site, all amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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