Tories accuse Liberals of shutting down public debate in parliamentary committees

The Canadian Press: Minutes into both meetings, the Liberal members used their majorities to send the debates into closed-door sessions.

“That means that the media get kicked out, the public can’t watch online,” said Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett.

He added that once the committee meetings were moved in camera, committee members were barred from speaking publicly about what happened behind closed doors.

“It’s going to make it more difficult for us to be able to bring that accountability to bear and that’s a choice that Liberals have made,” Barrett said…

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