Comartin says Dechert should not have to step down from Supreme Court justice panel review

The NDP MP who sits on a select panel of MPs screening candidates to fill two Supreme Court of Canada vacancies says he sees no reason besieged Tory MP Bob Dechert, also on the committee, should step down from his spot because of the controversy over “flirtatious” emails he wrote to a journalist with China’s state news agency.

QUÉBEC CITY—The NDP MP who sits on a select panel of MPs screening candidates to fill two Supreme Court of Canada vacancies says he sees no reason besieged Tory MP Bob Dechert, also on the committee, should step down from his spot because of the controversy over “flirtatious&r...

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