Committee photo-op goes haywire after opposition refuses to let parliamentary secretary join

Committee chair says he's 'disappointed' he couldn’t carry out the 'will of the committee.'

'I'm mandated by the prime minister to be a non-voting member of the committee, so I was there for the photo,' says Liberal MP Joyce Murray, parliamentary secretary to the Treasury Board president.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

October 12, 2016

A planned photo of members of the House Public Accounts Committee erupted in controversy after opposition MPs objected to the presence of a Liberal parliamentary secretary, drawing renewed accusations of executive overreach into committee business.

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