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Tories 'creating very bad precedent' by using majority muscle to shut down debate in secret, says NDP MP Caron
Conservative MP Andrew Saxton says, 'It is common practice when we’re discussing committee business that we do so in camera.'
PARLIAMENT HILL—A new NDP MP from Quebec says Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Federal Accountability Act is “not worth the paper it’s printed on” after a third government oversight committee in the House of Commons fell victim Wednesday to a Conservative majority that defeated attempts to probe sensitive topics that could embarrass the Conservatives.
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Tories 'creating very bad precedent' by using majority muscle to shut down debate in secret, says NDP MP Caron
Conservative MP Andrew Saxton says, 'It is common practice when we’re discussing committee business that we do so in camera.'
PARLIAMENT HILL—A new NDP MP from Quebec says Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Federal Accountability Act is “not worth the paper it’s printed on” after a third government oversight committee in the House of Commons fell victim Wednesday to a Conservative majority that defeated attempts to probe sensitive topics that could embarrass the Conservatives.
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