National Post

ALL BUT 5 SENATORS SAY THEY HAVEN’T TRAVELLED ABROAD

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All but five of Canada’s 93 senators say they have not travelled outside the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Eightyeigh­t senators say they’ve been following public health guidelines to refrain from internatio­nal travel in bid to curb the spread of the deadly coronaviru­s that causes COVID-19. Two have admitted to travelling abroad over the holidays. Conservati­ve Senate leader Don

Plett briefly went to Mexico before thinking better of it and returning three days later to Manitoba, where he is currently quarantini­ng. Vern White, shown, a member of the Canadian Senators Group, visited his wife’s parents in Finland, where he is currently in quarantine. Three other senators, all members of the Canadian Senators Group, have not responded.

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