‘On the map’: military town welcomes Canadian evacuees from China

'We have to stress to people, that ... people who are coming back, are healthy and not affected,' says Liberal MP Neil Ellis.

Liberal MP Neil Ellis, who represents the riding where 215 Canadian evacuees from Wuhan, China, will be quarantined for 14 days, says the community is rallying behind the Canadians who are calling CFB Trenton home for two weeks. 'These are Canadian citizens, and they’re in need, so it’s about … Canadians rallying together.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

February 7, 2020

As the country watches how the 215 evacuees from coronavirus-hit China will be doing over the course of their government-ordered quarantine at the military base in Trenton, Ont., the backbench MP who represents the riding says he plans to let the experts do their jobs, and won't be using the histori...

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