Side arguments and side shows derailing work Canadians sent MPs to do

Public Health Agency of Canada’s president Iain Stewart is pictured June 21 in the House of Commons, where House Speaker Anthony Rota admonished him for failing to turnover unredacted documents in compliance with a House order. While Mr. Stewart appeared, he did not provide the requested documents. Photograph courtesy of ParlVu screengrab

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

June 23, 2021

On June 21, the House of Commons witnessed the rare act of a public servant and private citizen being called to the bar in the Chamber to be reprimanded for defying an order of the House—something that hadn’t been done in more than 100 years. Public Health Agency of Canada president Iain Stewar...

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