The government’s usual end-of-session motion agreeing to fast track some final pieces of legislation through various stages of debate passed Wednesday with unanimous consent.Recommended from EditorialAnd this time it did not, because unless a public inquiry was announced, not all opposition parties would consent to rising earlier than planned.
They voted in favour of three motions — two from the NDP and one from the Conservatives — demanding an inquiry.It sought an inquiry headed by a commissioner backed unanimously by the House of Commons, who would have the power “to review all aspects of foreign interference from all states, including, but not limited to, the actions of the Chinese, Indian, Iranian and Russian governments.”
But the opposition parties skewered that decision and accused Johnston of being too affiliated with Trudeau. Opposition leaders met last week to try and come to a consensus on what they wanted the government to do. Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said Wednesday morning he hoped an agreement on the inquiry could even be hours away.
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