As Liberals trumpet merits of NSICOP, opposition MPs want ‘supremacy of Parliament’ respected

The government failed to abide by an order of the House to turnover unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists at a Winnipeg lab leading to a Conservative question of privilege.
House Speaker Anthony Rota is currently reviewing Conservative House Leader Gérard Deltell's question of privilege over the government's refusal to abide by an order of the House to release unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists from Winnipeg's National Microbiology Laboratory.
With the House Speaker deliberating on a question of privilege after the Liberal government refused to turn over ordered documents to the Commons, MPs are questioning whether an executive branch committee of Parliamentarians is the appropriate body to review documents that may contain sensitive nati...

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