Four Conservative MPs have been absent from the House of Commons since it passed a motion tightening the mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with Leader Erin O'Toole refusing to say why.
Mandatory immunization has been called for by the Liberals and Bloc Québécois, and supported by the NDP, as parties prepare for Parliament to resume following last month's federal election.
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he spoke to his MP, Ted Falk, but did not say whether he was reprimanded for saying that abortion was "not a right."