Canada's Parliament agreed Friday to suspend its activities for more than a month while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau conducted his government activities remotely from his home as part of a self-imposed quarantine after his wife tested positive to the new coronavirus.
Canada's House of Commons voted to suspend activities for at least five weeks to ensure lawmakers do not contribute to the spread of the virus.
The move comes a day after Trudeau's wife tested positive for the disease. Even the Prime Minister imposed self-quarantine.
All parties in Parliament agreed to the suspension, meaning lawmakers will miss two weeks of sessions after having planned to halt activities next week and two more weeks in April. The House of Commons has postponed its next session until Monday, April 20.
“This shows the seriousness with which our government and the members of the Lower House take the situation,” underlined the minority leader in the House of Commons, Pablo Rodríguez.
Part of the agreement for closing Parliament for the five weeks is the ratification of the new treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada. Rodríguez said lawmakers approved the law to ratify the T-MEC and the Senate is expected to do the same in the coming hours.
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