Liberal MP Joël Lightbound criticized some of the stances of his own party on Tuesday, saying the various public health measures have become confusing to many and called on the government to provide a clear roadmap for when restrictions would end.
“(People are) worried because they feel it is becoming harder and harder to know where public health stops and where politics begins,” he said.
Lightbound encouraged the government to provide measurable targets to lifting restrictions, though did say he was not implying that public health measures should be lifted right away. He also asked for epidemiological data behind restrictions going forward be published so people can see the information determining what measures need to be in place.
The Liberal MP also spoke about the ongoing anti-mandate protests that started as a response to cross-border vaccine mandates, saying that messaging amid the demonstrations is dividing Canadians.
“I fear that this politicization of the pandemic risks undermining the public’s trust in our public health institutions. This is not a risk we ought to be taking lightly,” he said. He called on those who were still protesting in downtown Ottawa, but added he has “enough respect for my fellow Canadians not to engage in these easy and absurd labels.”
Despite the concerns, however, he said he has no plans to leave the Liberal party.
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If you opt out of the COVID-19 vaccination, you automatically opt out of the hospital bed. People working at our US Hospitals should not treat patients that have not been vaccinated. They should only treat patients that have been vaccinated. Bt Sworn to defend the US Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. Out
It's airborne Aids idiots….if you knew anything about medicine it is quite clearly on that level
CBC coverage is outrages. If ever conservatives get a chance to rule in Canada first thing is to defund CBC. What a shame it has become. Government/liberal propaganda outlet no more no less.
He’s the most reasonable and intelligent Canadian politician I’ve heard from in this all. Guys should elect him PM cause he listens to all sides and understands how to approach situations with data
Canadians want to know how deeply our cabinet has been infiltrated by the WEF AND CLAUS SCHWAB!!!!!
nazi liberals need to go. Real Canadians need to rise up and take our country back from blackfaced racists. liberalism is a cancer and needs to be dealt with as much
So nobody else from liberal side joined him SAD
Joel your vote was hypocritical
Wow. If only the PM would have let this man speak to the freedom convoy.
Swastikas? Really? Hundreds of cameras rolling…24/7 video coverage…and not a single image of anything resembling a Swastika can be found anywhere. Fraud!
Explain if the South ever fought four slavery. Counfederate flags and nazi flags are fourms ouf freedoum ouf speech and expressioun.
Return child labour to Canada. As loung as all the labour laws are ethical. They doun't get to wourk at McDonalds our starbucks, but get to charge $35/hr to clean snow during the winter.
You do not know whats coming
This coward voted for the emergencies act. Way to go bud, stand with your values, bravo
Thank you for this common sense speech MP Joel Lightbound.
And yet, this man – Joel Lightbound – voted "Yea" in favour of The Emergencies Act. Disgusting. This is why we need to judge these politicians by what they do rather than what they say.
The nazi flags represent Trudeau being EXACTLY LIKE A HITLER. WHICH IS A FACT. don't get it confused. Nobody is racsit here except Trudeau.
Just so everyone understands. Votes do not matter. These leaders are chosen waaaayyyyy before our fake votes and ballots take place. Nothing we the people sign or vote on means anything. When elections were decided , we in BC were still lining up at the voting polls. THATS FACTS. lol just keep up the fight and make noise is all we can do. If non of us every voted… Some sucker clown would still claim a vote victory lol.
Every family in Canada and the world is fighting with each other over vaccine mandates and decisions with there own body because of Trudeau and Biden. These demons have seperated family's that used to have love. We have all experienced this separation in our family. BLAME TRUDEAU. he must be held accountable. He brain washed all of us. I CALL FOR RESIGNATION OF THE WHOLE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA ALL SIDES AND we need a new start new people and real leaders. They are all corrupt. This guy just finally feels guilty. TWO YEARS LATER his heart kicks in? Shame on all of them.
Wow! Is it possible to have this guy running for pm!
The day the made vaccine mandatory, the day I decided I’ll never get it under any circumstances, this is hill I’m willing to die on 🛑
Did these protesters burn anything down I haven't heard about this protests.
Haven’t heard much from this liberal since he spoke out has Justin Trudeau gag ordered him
Symbols and signs are harmless. This guy doesn’t talk about making anything better. He is a left liar talking about nothing.
Well, now the question is when the mandates will be removed.
O D S P help us I vote you thank you
4 months later and trudeau still refuses to listen to his caucus members.
Well, if this brand new wave of infection had happened two years ago, I think the whole damn' country would be tight locked, because right now I am typing those lines, it looks like every single person, where I am living, is infected. I heard that the authority have told us that the infection will last seven days. And it appears that this new variant is more vicious than the very first one. One can be pretty sure that someone is manipulating the spread of this virus … for what avail? … It's everyone's guess …
MP. Lightbound should be the leader of this party.
Why I am just discovering this Liberal Minister a year after this video? He should run against Trudeau in the next election. He seems SANE!
Too bad we didn’t use ivermectin, huh?
Nails it! if only Joel was the pm what a nation we would be but instead we have a weak, ideological, narcisstic, sociopath that's is completely out of touch with reality.
Far left communist mr Lightbound