OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister whipped his Liberal caucus to vote against a Conservative motion Monday night to move a convicted child killer from a "healing lodge" and put her back behind penitentiary bars.
He called the Conservative Opposition "ambulance chasing politicians" for raising the issue. On Monday night, Trudeau was telling the Liberal faithful at a Toronto fundraiser that he wasn't going to be part of the "nasty" election campaign he envisioned for 2019 and would eschew personal attacks against his political opponents.
Conservatives want to know why Canada's corrections service has moved Terri-Lynne McClintic into the healing lodge when she is supposed to be serving a life sentence for killing eight-year-old Tori Stafford.
The Conservatives half-expected the Liberal government to support their motion. Deputy Conservative leader Lisa Raitt urged the Members of Parliament (MPs) across the floor to "do the right thing" and transfer McClintic back to prison.