Witness says she’ll return if invited after fracas at House Status of Women Committee, it’s more important than ‘petty politics’

Conservatives are calling on the Liberals to allow witnesses to return to speak after a House committee meeting on July 31.

Liberal MP Anita Vandenbeld wrote in an Aug. 7 op-ed that the chair of the House Status of Women committee called a meeting with only a few days notice, and only with witnesses proposed by Conservative party members.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

August 19, 2024

A witness who stormed out of a parliamentary committee meeting late last month after a discussion intended to be about violence against women turned into a political debacle said she would be willing to return to speak again if invited to do so because the issue is more impo...

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