Committee drops probe into assisted-dying-law leak, Conservative MP ‘disappointed’

The Canadian Association of Journalists' Nick Taylor-Vaisey says he’s ‘glad’ the committee’s study has ‘not come to anything.’

The Procedure and House Affairs Committee, pictured here on Sept. 29 just before the meeting got underway, has concluded its study on a question of privilege over a media leak on Bill C-14. The Hill Times Photograph by Laura Ryckewaert

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

October 3, 2016

Liberal MPs on the Procedure and House Affairs Committee voted last week to end its study of a possible breach of privilege as a result of details on the government’s assisted-dying bill being leaked to media prior to its tabling last year. Conservative MP Blake Richards (Banff-Airdrie, Alta.) ...

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