Tories accused of using majority muscle to keep G8 spending, other touchy issues, behind closed doors in House committees

The government plans to use its majority muscle behind the closed doors of in-camera Commons standing committees to keep controversies like the lavish G8 spending in Treasury Board President Tony Clement’s riding out of the Parliamentary spotlight and kill other inquiries that were underway in the last Parliament, opposition MPs say.

 

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