Henderson to be new leader of Lambton IPM
Gladu fails to make Conservative Shadow Cabinet
November 9, 2021
The critics list was released after controversy over vaccine mandates
Sarnia-Lambton’s MP is no longer in the the Conservative Shadow Cabinet.
Leader Erin O’Toole unveiled his cabinet Tuesday and Marilyn Gladu was not among the 49 names. There are 121 members of the caucus.
Gladu has been silent since an interview with CTV’s Question Period where she talked about vaccine mandates and said the new Civil Liberties Cabinet where she compared the relative risk of COVID-19 to polio.
She’s since apologized for her remarks.
In September 2020, after the leadership race where she was a candidate, Gladu was named Shadow Minister for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario and critic of the President of the Queen’s Privy Council.
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