Member of Parliament Niki Ashton addressed her concerns to one of Vale Canada’s executives regarding the company potentially bringing in outside contractors who wouldn’t be required to self-isolate for two weeks.

 

In a letter to Mark Travers, Ashton writes Northern Manitoba has so far avoided COVID-19 outbreaks, and attributes our low numbers to strict lockdowns and travel restrictions.

 

She explains as the region prepares for a potential second wave of the virus, bringing in outside contractors would be counter-intuitive.

 

Ashton says if COVID-19 were to spread in Thompson, it would have disastrous effects on all of us.

 

She goes on to implore Travers to reconsider this plan.