“The power to order the production of documents is essential to Parliament’s role as a check on the government. Without it, it cannot do the work it was created to do. The Liberal government’s efforts to subvert that power is a direct attack on Parliament and a show of contempt for the institution.
The government is also displaying a lack respect for Parliament with its refusal to explain why it took 54 days for former public safety minister Bill Blair to sign off on a CSIS warrant to wiretap Michael Chan, a powerful Liberal organizer who became a national-security target over alleged links to the Chinese government.
Neither Mr. Blair nor his former chief of staff have explained the bizarre delay, although Mr. Blair says he signed the warrant as soon as it landed on his desk.
The Liberals are also now trying to shut down, or severely limit, the work of a parliamentary committee that investigates Canada-China relations. The government introduced a motion last week calling for the committee to end its weekly meetings and be limited to meeting over “urgent matters.”
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“The power to order the production of documents is essential to Parliament’s role as a check on the government. Without it, it cannot do the work it was created to do. The Liberal government’s efforts to subvert that power is a direct attack on Parliament and a show of contempt for the institution.
The government is also displaying a lack respect for Parliament with its refusal to explain why it took 54 days for former public safety minister Bill Blair to sign off on a CSIS warrant to wiretap Michael Chan, a powerful Liberal organizer who became a national-security target over alleged links to the Chinese government.
Neither Mr. Blair nor his former chief of staff have explained the bizarre delay, although Mr. Blair says he signed the warrant as soon as it landed on his desk.
The Liberals are also now trying to shut down, or severely limit, the work of a parliamentary committee that investigates Canada-China relations. The government introduced a motion last week calling for the committee to end its weekly meetings and be limited to meeting over “urgent matters.”
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Unbelievable…. So glad Trudeau promised an Open and Transparent Government.
[https://liberal.ca/only-trudeau-offering-plan-for-open-and-transparent-government/](https://liberal.ca/only-trudeau-offering-plan-for-open-and-transparent-government/)