Coronavirus pandemic shuts down Parliament Hill, all committee travel, parliamentary functions cancelled

MPs, Senators talk about facing the ‘unprecedented challenge from the coronavirus.’

NDP whip Rachel Blaney, Conservative MP Doug Shipley, NDP MP Alistair MacGregor, deputy government whip Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Liberal MP Adam Vaughan, Conservative Senator Don Plett, and non-affiliated Senator Dennis Dawson say the threat of the coronavirus has forced them to take certain precautions. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and file photos

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ, PALAK MANGAT

March 13, 2020

PARLIAMENT HILL—From cancelling town halls to abandoning work trips to suspending Parliament until April, the threat of coronavirus has upended federal politicians’ plans and social interactions, forcing them to retreat from many of their engagements as the world g...

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