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Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre is picture at an Aug. 19, 2020, press conference with redacted documents relating to the Canada Student Service Grant. Last fall, when Canadians witnessed hours of stalled investigative meetings and hundreds of pages of blacked-out information from the government, it severely hindered the accountability process and it cannot be repeated, writes Michael Barrett.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE MP MICHAEL BARRETT

January 20, 2021

When government actions have served the interests of the powerful and well-connected insiders, Canadians are left with a very discouraging impression: that there is one set of rules for the government and another set of rules for the people they govern. During the pandemic, as Parliamentarians were...

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