Finance Committee should refocus on COVID-19 pandemic, says Liberal MP, amid probe into WE Charity deal

'When words like ‘exhausted’ are used in the motion as is the case with Mr. Poilevre’s motion, that’s the problem here,' says Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos. 'I get the sense that this is going to now turn into the WE Charity committee, and we will not be able to as a committee examine the economic realities facing the country at this time.'

Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos says the House Finance Committee should not turn into the 'WE Charity committee' as it conducts its probe into the controversy, and instead focus on the government's COVID-19 relief measures and spending.Photograph courtesy House of Commons

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BY PALAK MANGAT

July 27, 2020

Members of the House Finance Committee on Monday sparred briefly over the logistics around witness testimony surrounding the WE Charity controversy, with one Liberal MP urging his colleagues to eventually refocus attention to the pandemic and cautioning the group from...

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