(Ottawa) The provinces that are tightening the screws in the hope of stemming the spread of the Omicron variant are not to blame: it is the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, who is the architect of the serial containments, accuses the Leader of the Conservative Party, Erin O’Toole.
“Through its action and inaction, the Trudeau government is normalizing lockdowns and restrictions as the main tools to combat the most recent variant of COVID-19. It did not have to happen like that, ”launched the leader of the official opposition in his first press conference of the year, in Ottawa.
Because the Prime Minister has failed to provide the provinces and territories with “the two most important tools” he had promised to deliver to them to fight against the virus and allow Canadians to maintain a semblance of normalcy: the supply of tests rapid testing and an effective contact tracing application, he complained.
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Erin O’Toole
According to Erin O’Toole, the Liberal government has taken too long to get enough tests across the country. The announcement of the upcoming shipment of 140 million of these tests came too late, he pleaded. Regarding the COVID Alert application, on which Ottawa has set its sights, “how is this application doing?” He mocked.
This is why provincial and territorial governments have been forced to return to “strict” but “necessary” measures, and why citizens must once again “sacrifice their personal freedoms and deal with more anguish” , lamented the conservative leader. He then agreed that the unvaccinated also have some responsibility.
But there is no question of demonizing people who have no valid reason not to raise their sleeve. “Mr. Trudeau laughs and attacks people who are not vaccinated, calls them names. […] It will not encourage more people to get vaccinated, “insisted Erin O’Toole, saying he” would never attack a person who is worried. [par rapport à l’injection] “.
The Conservative leader, himself a former soldier, has also spoken in favor of compulsory vaccination for members of the Canadian Armed Forces, especially when some have been deployed as reinforcements to give a little oxygen to the workers of health in certain parts of the country, particularly in Quebec.