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A Liberal MP resigns from her role as parliamentary secretary to the Secretary of State for International Development after traveling to Seattle on vacation

Kamal Khera, who represents Brampton West’s riding, says she flew to Seattle on December 23 to attend a small memorial service for her uncle and father who died of each other within a few weeks earlier this year. p>

MP Kamal Khera joins a list of politicians who have traveled abroad despite advice from pandemic times to stay at home

Here’s a look at some of the lawmakers who, despite public health calls, have traveled abroad to avoid non-essential travel

When Rod Phillips went on a sunny Caribbean vacation on December 13, he sparked a political storm that engulfed him when he returned to Ontario

Phillips resigned as provincial treasury secretary on December 31, hours after returning from a two-week trip to St Barts

Phillips, who will remain a member of the provincial legislature, described the decision as a “major error of assessment” “

His apology did little to calm criticism of Prime Minister Doug Ford, who did nothing when he first learned of the Cabinet Secretary’s travels shortly after Phillips left for a warmer climate

The federal New Democrats stripped the veteran MP of her cabinet critic positions after she traveled to Greece to visit her critically ill grandmother

The party has on 1 A statement released Jan. A Greek official currently only allowing visitors to enter if they can demonstrate that their travel is essential approved Ashton’s visit

The party said Ashton, who represents Churchill-Keewatinook Aski’s riding, has reached out to Canadian officials for “best practices” but has not informed Leader Jagmeet Singh or the Party Whip of her travel plans

The statement said party members sympathized with Ashton’s situation, but noted that millions of Canadians were complying with public health guidelines in similarly urgent circumstances

The former interim leader of the Quebec Liberal Party regretted his decision to take a vacation to Barbados with his wife last month

Dominique Anglade, who currently heads the party, said she asked Arcand to return to Canada after his Caribbean circles became known

Anglade told a Quebec radio station that she knew Arcand wanted to leave and tried to stop him

The ruling coalition member Avenir Quebec is currently in Peru visiting his husband, whom he has not seen for about a year

Chassin said in an interview that his trip is not a vacation and that he doesn’t think it goes against the message from the Quebec government that public health guidelines must be followed

He said he had permission from the government whip and the office of Prime Minister Francois Legault before leaving

Saskatchewan’s Highway Minister apologized on Jan 1 for the trip to California over the holidays, but may keep its place in the closet

Hargrave said he went to Palm Springs to do “necessary” personal business: close a house sale and bring his belongings back to Saskatchewan

He said he plans to return to Canada if he is outside of a 14-day quarantine set for travelers to California on Jan. Recommended January 5 and will self-isolate for two weeks upon his return to Canada

While opposition politicians have questioned whether Hargrave’s trip is essential, Prime Minister Scott Moe said he will remain as minister despite his self-admitted “error of judgment”

Moe was briefed on Hargrave’s trip before leaving on December 22, a Saskatchewan Party government spokesman said

A Hawaiian vacation from Alberta’s Secretary of State for Local Affairs sparked not only a new directive from the provincial prime minister, but also a host of other revelations about vacation trips by several of her cohorts in the United Conservative government
Shortly after Allard’s trip came to light, Premier Jason Kenney issued a policy calling caucus members and officers back to the province

Kenney said he should have issued such orders sooner, but Allard and other party members who went overseas would not receive sanctions because they were not violating any set of rules

Allard held a New Years press conference apologizing for the trip and describing the Hawaiian vacation as a long family tradition

The MLA for Alberta Riding from Calgary-Klein also decided to fly to Hawaii over the Christmas vacation

A Kenney spokesman said he had been asked to return home on the earliest possible flight

Nixon said in a Facebook post that he would “work hard” to regain voter confidence, adding that he followed and followed public health guidelines abroad

Nixon’s co-legislator, representing Little Slave Lake, spent part of the weekend returning to Mexico from a “pre-planned family trip”

Another social media apology came from another MLA in the Calgary area after it was revealed that she had traveled to the US to visit her sister

The Calgary-Peigan Riding Representative commended Alberta residents for adhering to public health protocols in the face of the pandemic

She said in a Facebook post that she “wholeheartedly apologized for not doing the same thing and made a commitment to adhere to Kenney’s new policy

The MLA for Red Deer-South, Alberta took on a different tone on its Facebook post revealing a recent trip to Phoenix, Arizona

Stephan said he felt he was following public health guidelines and noted that he had never asked other provincial residents to abstain from travel

“There are already too many disputes in our society and I regret my actions contributed to it,” he wrote

A spokesman for the United Conservative Party caucus says the MLA for Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo, Alberta is currently in Mexico, and party officials have not been able to reach him

Tim Gerwing says the party is still trying to contact Yao to tell him about the Prime Minister’s order to return home

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