‘It’s obviously a farce,’ MPs to grill feds on broken promise to open up PMO, cabinet ministers’ offices to access act

Legislation on an arms trade treaty and oceans protection will also be debated in the House.

NDP House Leader Murray Rankin, Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, and Conservative House Leader Candice Bergen lead their caucuses into battle in the House this week on bills about access to information, ocean protection, and an arms trade treaty.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia and file photographs

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

September 25, 2017

Opposition MPs will grill the government over its Access to Information Reform Bill on Monday and Tuesday in the House, after the government pulled the plug on its 2015 election campaign promise to cover the Prime Minister's Office and all cabinet ministers' offices un...

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