All-party caucuses should make member lists public: animal rights group

The Animal Protection Party of Canada wants the Parliamentary Outdoor Caucus to name its MP members who helped kill an animal rights bill last fall. Caucus co-chair Bob Zimmer said the group is searching for a scapegoat after a bad bill it liked was defeated.

Parliamentary Outdoor Caucus co-chairs B.C. Conservative MP Bob Zimmer, right, and Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MP Gudie Hutchings, left, present an honorary membership to Tony Bernardo, middle, a board member on the Outdoor Caucus Association of Canada and executive director of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association. Photograph courtesy of Parliamentary Outdoor Caucus Twitter

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

August 23, 2017

An animal rights group is calling on one of Parliament’s largest all-party caucuses to make public its membership in a move that raises questions about the transparency of other such groups of MPs and Senators. Last fall, the P...

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