Coronavirus: Freeland won’t commit to allowing a health committee review of government’s pandemic response

Asked by Conservative Opposition Leader Erin O’Toole during Thursday’s question period on whether she will vote with the Conservatives’ motion to allow a health committee study on COVID-19 response, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland didn’t commit to the MP’s request but rather said the Liberals’ government will continue putting Canadians’ health first in the time of a national crisis.

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