PHOTOS SURFACE OF SCHEER UNMASKED AT AIRPORT

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer was photographed Tuesday in a Toronto airport lounge not wearing a mandatory mask. Two separate photos of the bare-faced party leader sitting comfortably in a waiting area circulated online but his office says he was wearing a mask for his trip. A spokesperson said the photos must have been taken after he doffed the covering to take a call but before he put it back on. Toronto’s Pearson airport has a policy that masks must be worn at all times to curb the spread of COVID-19, with limited exceptions that include being at a food or beverage service location. The photos shows Scheer in the lounge with several others, and while they are seated spaced apart, none is wearing a mask. He and other party leaders have been wearing masks around Parliament Hill.