The Conservative Party motion to lift travel restrictions on May 30 was soundly defeated by all other parties in the House of Commons, but two Liberal MPs dissented.
Quebec City MP Joël Lightbound voted in favour of the motion, in line with his stance on COVID-19 restrictions he had expressed in a press conference in February.
Lightbound had then spoken at length about the harms he said were being caused by lockdowns and the divisive politics of his party over vaccination status.
Another Liberal MP didn’t vote in favour of the Tory motion and instead abstained.
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, who represents a Toronto riding, explained his rationale for abstaining in a lengthy Twitter thread on May 31….