Tory Motion to Return to Pre-Pandemic Travel Rules Defeated

Tory Motion to Return to Pre-Pandemic Travel Rules Defeated
Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Feb. 10, 2022. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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A Conservative Party motion to ask the government to revert to pre-pandemic rules for air travel to reduce airport wait times was defeated today in the House of Commons.

The motion, tabled by Conservative MP and transport critic Melissa Lantsman, was mostly only supported by members of her own party. Liberal MP Joël Lightbound, who publically criticized his party’s COVID-19 restrictions in February, also voted in favour.