Liberals on Ethics Committee kibosh motion for hearing with commissioner

Liberal MP Steve MacKinnon, who spoke for all but one Liberal on the committee, says a comprehensive account on the affair is already in the public record, pointing to 13 hours of committee testimony and the commissioner’s 63-page report.

Liberal MP Steve MacKinnon, pictured with colleague Mona Fortier, speaks to reporters following an Aug. 21 House Ethics Committee meeting, where the party used its majority to shut down opposition attempts to hear from the ethics commissioner about his report on the prime minister's involvement in the SNC-Lavalin affair. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

August 21, 2019

PARLIAMENT HILL—A motion for a House committee to hear from the federal ethics commissioner on Wednesday fell one vote short, with all but one Liberal MP voting against the opposition’s push to have Mario Dion testify on the SNC-Lavalin affair. Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Beaches-East Y...

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