BREAKING: Liberals drop SNC-Lavalin study for study on hate crimes cdnpoli
The Parliamentary Justice Committee has ended its study on the SNC-Lavalin issue with what NDP MP Murray Rankin called a “transparent effort to change the channel.”
The committee convened behind closed doors Tuesday, to plan the next steps in its study of alleged political interference in the corruption case of Quebec engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. While opposition MPs planned to fight for former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to testify before committee for a second time, the Liberals made it clear in advance of the meeting that they had no intention of granting the request.
“As committee members, we have achieved our objectives with respect to these meetings," the letter read. Once gathered behind closed doors on Tuesday, the Liberal MPs on the committee used their majority to end the study. The committee then adopted a motion to move on to a study of how they could amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to stem the “propagation of hateful acts and incitement of hate.”This is a breaking news story. More to come.
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