Liberal interference undermines committee independence, says Tory MP

Conservative MP Kelly Block says the manner in which the House transport committee has been functioning is 'unhealthy.'

Conservative MP Kelly Block, left, is accusing the federal transport department, led by minister Marc Garneau, right, of interfering in the House Transport Committee's study of the Navigation Protection Act.Photo courtesy of the office of Kelly Block, The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

February 22, 2017

Conservative transportation critic Kelly Block is accusing the Trudeau government of inappropriately interfering with parliamentary business after the federal transport department was found to be pushing groups to participate in an independent study on potential reforms to sweeping waterway regulat...

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