A House of Commons order for the government to hand over the documents related to a green technology foundation has escalated into a Parliamentary gridlock that is showing no end in sight.
For over a week, Conservative MPs have carried on debate about the Liberal government’s refusal to provide the RCMP with unredacted documents related to Sustainable Development Technology Canada’s (SDTC) misspending of taxpayers’ money. The Conservatives have rejected the option of having those documents be sent to a committee to be studied.
“We’re not just going to let $400 million of corruption be swept under the rug,” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre told reporters on Oct. 8. “So we say, let’s end this now. Let’s get Parliament back to work by handing over the documents to the police.”…