Conservative MP Frank Caputo gave notice of a motion to force the release of a confidential security agreement between Ottawa and Beijing that is contained in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed in January as Prime Minister Mark Carney visited China.
Caputo told Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree that a judge would find him in “contempt” for not clearly answering his questions related to the MOU, asking whether Beijing has a veto over Ottawa’s release of the text of the agreement on cooperation between the RCMP and China’s Ministry of Public Security in combating crime.
The heated exchange occurred as Anandasangaree answered questions before MPs at the House Committee on Public Safety and National Security on May 28….