The former Liberal party staffer who created the Vi-kileaks30 Twitter account is being summoned to appear before a Commons committee this week after he didn't show up to testify Tuesday.
The House of Commons ethics committee voted be-hind closed doors to summon Adam Carroll to appear before the committee on Thursday, and only a doctor's note will get him off the hook.
Carroll was expected to testify before the commit-tee on Tuesday about his use of House of Commons resources to run the VikiLeaks account that tweeted unflattering details about Public Safety Minister Vic Toews' personal past.
However, a letter from Carroll's lawyer to the committee said Carroll was not well enough to testify.
Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro, who has led the charge to have Carroll testify, said the summons could only be set aside if Carroll's doctor said his health prevented him from appearing.
The decision to bring Car-roll before the committee took place in secret, after Conservatives on the committee used their majority to debate be-hind closed doors.
Carroll created the Twitter account after Toews suggested that opposing Bill C-30 was akin to siding with child pornographers. He then began tweeting portions of Toews' divorce proceedings.
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The House of Commons ethics committee voted be-hind closed doors to summon Adam Carroll to appear before the committee on Thursday, and only a doctor's note will get him off the hook.
Carroll was expected to testify before the commit-tee on Tuesday about his use of House of Commons resources to run the VikiLeaks account that tweeted unflattering details about Public Safety Minister Vic Toews' personal past.
However, a letter from Carroll's lawyer to the committee said Carroll was not well enough to testify.
Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro, who has led the charge to have Carroll testify, said the summons could only be set aside if Carroll's doctor said his health prevented him from appearing.
The decision to bring Car-roll before the committee took place in secret, after Conservatives on the committee used their majority to debate be-hind closed doors.
Carroll created the Twitter account after Toews suggested that opposing Bill C-30 was akin to siding with child pornographers. He then began tweeting portions of Toews' divorce proceedings.
Read more: VikiLeaks creator summoned to testify
