The House of Commons' health committee has demanded that the government publicly release data regarding travel restrictions on the Canada-US border.
Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau closed the border in the early days of the pandemic, all cross-border traffic has declined by 90 percent, according to Blacklock's Reporter.
Explaining why the health committee was requesting this information, a Conservative MP said that "the upshot is to shed as much light on the closure of the border, the reopening of the border, why it’s taking so long to reopen the border."
"Underpinning all this is the public health issue," he added.
This motion passed with surprising force, with ten MPs supporting it, while only one, lonely Bloc Quebecois MP did not.
Some NDP MPs have viewed the prime minister's unwillingness to disclose this issue as a problem with the Trudeau government's accountability.
"Disclosure and accountability are foundational concepts," said the NDP MP who exchanged parliamentary accountability for ten days of sick leave. "Mr. Trudeau famously said his government should be transparent by default," he continued.
"The government can chew gum and walk at the same time ... I haven’t heard any member say transparency and accountability are not possible right now because they’re too busy dealing with the pandemic."
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