Feds mum on whether Incident Response Group has met to address Afghan crisis

A formal meeting of a cabinet committee isn't necessary as long as cabinet members can co-ordinate its response to the Afghan crisis informally, says past Privy Council clerk Mel Cappe.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, centre, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan would typically be among those present in a meeting of the Incident Response Group. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

September 1, 2021

The federal government won't say if a group composed of cabinet members and senior government officials to co-ordinate Canada's response in crises was convened to address the crisis in Afghanistan. The Incident Response Group was created by the Liberal government in 2018 to meet in the event of a �...

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