Fri Mar 25, 2022 – 8:19 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – A Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) motion demanding an end to “all federal vaccine mandates” was voted down in Canada’s House of Commons yesterday due to opposition from the Liberal Party and their NDP allies.
CPC MP Michael Barrett’s motion had the full support of all CPC MPs, including interim leader Candice Bergen, and former leader Erin O’Toole. However, that was not enough to pass the motion, which was defeated in a 212-117 vote.
Only one Liberal MP, Joël Lightbound from Quebec, voted in favor of the motion. Lightbound had in February come out in favor of the trucker Freedom Convoy’s demands calling for an end to COVID mandates.
All Bloc Québécois MPs voted against the motion.
Barrett’s Opposition Motion called on the house to “immediately lift all federal vaccine mandates,” as well as protect the jobs of federally regulated employees and “enable Canadians to travel unimpeded.”
The defeat of the motion was not unexpected, as it was not likely the Liberal Party, or any other party besides the CPC, would support it.
In the debate preceding the vote on the motion, CPC MP Jeremy Patzer blasted
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