Erin O’Toole’s wife tests positive for COVID-19

Erin O'Toole shares a moment with his daughter daughter Mollie, as they walk with his wife Rebecca and son Jack, after being announced as the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, in Ottawa, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

By Cormac Mac Sweeney

Posted September 22, 2020 12:34 pm.

The wife of Conservative Leader, Erin O’Toole, has tested positive for COVID-19.

A statement from the party says Rebecca O’Toole began showing symptoms on Sunday, including a fever.

She then got tested and it has since come back positive.

Last week it was confirmed Erin O’Toole had contracted the virus after one of his staff members tested positive.

A second staff member has also tested positive.

Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves François Blanchet and his wife have also tested positive.

Both opposition leaders are in quarantine and will miss Wednesday’s throne speech as a result.

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