A Conservative effort to revive the SNC-Lavalin scandal through a parliamentary study has been defeated. On Monday the Liberal and Bloc Quebecois MPs on the committee voted against it, defeating the proposal.
and testify for two hours on his findings, and requesting "other witnesses as required" be invited.
On Monday the Liberal and Bloc Quebecois MPs on the committee voted against it, defeating the proposal. It was the second attempt from the Conservatives to revive the SNC-Lavalin scandal in this minority Parliament. In his efforts to argue for the motion when he tabled it, Conservative MP Michael Barrett said Canadians “continue to expect” a “full examination” of this issue, though Liberal MP Greg Fergus said that in his view Canadians don’t want parliamentarians “looking back in the rearview mirror.”
At the time that the report was released, Trudeau said that he accepted the report’s findings, and took full responsibility for “everything that happened,” but stopped short of apologizing because he disagreed with some of Dion’s conclusions.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepares to make a statement to reporters on Monday, March 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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