What have the Liberals got to hide?
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Trudeau Liberals block Tory attempt to have national security adviser testify on India sabotage claims
- Joan Bryden - CP
Conservative MPs wanted Daniel Jean to explain a media briefing last week that suggested factions within the Indian government tried to undermine Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s heavily criticized trip to India.
OTTAWA—Liberal MPs have thwarted a bid by Conservatives to force Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser to explain his assertion that rogue elements in the Indian government sabotaged the prime minister’s trip to India last week.
The Liberals used their majority on the Commons’ National Security Committee Thursday to block a Conservative motion asking that Daniel Jean be summoned to testify about his theory that factions in India were behind the furor over Jaspal Atwal, a convicted attempted assassin and one-time Sikh separatist extremist who wound up on the guest list for two events with Trudeau during the India tour.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, who was at the committee to discuss his department’s spending estimates, also declined to discuss Jean’s theory, telling Conservative MPs they were veering into classified territory that he’s not at liberty to discuss.
However, that would guarantee Jean’s explanation would never see the light of day. Members of that committee must obtain security clearance and swear an oath that they will maintain for the rest of their lives the confidentiality of the information they receive.
Following his committee appearance Thursday, Goodale was pressed to explain why Jean was able to brief reporters last week but can’t do the same for MPs.
The rest here:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...adviser-testify-on-india-sabotage-claims.html
Hardly a surprise.
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Trudeau Liberals block Tory attempt to have national security adviser testify on India sabotage claims
- Joan Bryden - CP
Conservative MPs wanted Daniel Jean to explain a media briefing last week that suggested factions within the Indian government tried to undermine Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s heavily criticized trip to India.
OTTAWA—Liberal MPs have thwarted a bid by Conservatives to force Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser to explain his assertion that rogue elements in the Indian government sabotaged the prime minister’s trip to India last week.
The Liberals used their majority on the Commons’ National Security Committee Thursday to block a Conservative motion asking that Daniel Jean be summoned to testify about his theory that factions in India were behind the furor over Jaspal Atwal, a convicted attempted assassin and one-time Sikh separatist extremist who wound up on the guest list for two events with Trudeau during the India tour.
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, who was at the committee to discuss his department’s spending estimates, also declined to discuss Jean’s theory, telling Conservative MPs they were veering into classified territory that he’s not at liberty to discuss.
However, that would guarantee Jean’s explanation would never see the light of day. Members of that committee must obtain security clearance and swear an oath that they will maintain for the rest of their lives the confidentiality of the information they receive.
Following his committee appearance Thursday, Goodale was pressed to explain why Jean was able to brief reporters last week but can’t do the same for MPs.
The rest here:
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada...adviser-testify-on-india-sabotage-claims.html
Hardly a surprise.
