Both men defended family trips that appeared to flout the physical distancing measures they’ve spent weeks imploring people to uphold. Trudeau travelled from Ottawa into Quebec over the weekend to meet up with his family at their official country residence of Harrington Lake. Trudeau’s wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, and their three children had gone to Harrington Lake in late March, once she recovered from COVID-19 and their isolation period ended. “After three weeks of my family living up at Harrington, and me living here, I went to join them for Easter,” he said Tuesday outside his Ottawa residence at Rideau Cottage. “We kept our distance, we kept to ourselves.”Scheer took his wife, Jill, and his five children aboard the plane.

Source: National Post April 14, 2020 13:23 UTC