House suspension deal offers ‘insufficient’ scrutiny of feds’ spending amid COVID, say politicos

Four hours to study $87-billion in government spending is inadequate, says Liberal MP John McKay, calling it ‘short-term gain for a long-term pain.’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to work with provinces to mandate 10 days sick leave in exchange for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh's support to suspend regular parliamentary sittings.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 3, 2020

The Liberal-NDP agreement to extend Parliament’s suspension of regular sittings and limit debate over an $87-billion spending bill is skirting scrutiny and “completely insufficient,” argue politicos, with at least one Grit MP frustrated by the move. The suspensi...

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