Richard Cannings, MP taking precautions in line with fellow parliamentarians

For Immediate Release:

March 12th, 2020

Richard Cannings, MP taking precautions in line with fellow parliamentarians

Ottawa- South Okanagan--West Kootenay MP Richard Cannings is taking the advice of health officials and is working from his Ottawa apartment in self-isolation.

“I’ve taken these precautions out of an abundance of caution after attending a large mining convention in Toronto on March 1st. There were over 25,000 people at that conference, and I learned on March 11th that one of those attendees had tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. I was tested that same day and will stay in self-isolation until I get the test results back and am cleared by health officials.”

Cannings is among a group of MPs and ministers including Prime Minister Trudeau that are taking similar precautions including self-isolation after attending the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada convention. Cannings is the NDP critic for Natural Resources.

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For more information, please contact:

Office of Richard Cannings, MP: 250 770 4480