Maurice Vellacott Maverick Watch
A Conservative MP takes a stand against sodium
Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott is shown in the House of Commons, in Ottawa, Tuesday May 9, 2006. Canada’s justice minister says it is up to his Conservative caucus colleague Maurice Vellacott to explain why he recommended a Diamond Jubilee medal for a repeat offender jailed for harassing women over abortion.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
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On Wednesday, Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott was the only Conservative MP to support NDP MP Libby Davies’ bill to implement a sodium reduction strategy. Mr. Vellacott even sent out a news release to advise that he was the “sole Conservative MP to vote across party lines” on the bill.
Ms. Davies’ bill set to implement the recommendations of the expert panel that Tony Clement convened in 2007, but that Leona Aglukkaq declined to pursue in 2010. The panel was subsequently disbanded and the Harper government later declined to partner with the provinces on a reduction strategy.