Tories are found in contempt and nobody is surprised
The Conservative Government, after the budget failed to pass, has been found in contempt.
OTTAWA -A special parliamentary committee has declared the Conservative government to be in contempt of Parliament for failing to provide enough information on the cost of its crime agenda. The ruling could have been grist for a possible vote of no-confidence on Friday, but it was not clear that such a vote would succeed, in light of reported budget concessions to the NDP. The parliamentary committee, dominated by opposition MPs, ruled the government had obstinately withheld information about the cost of its programs.
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Nobody is surprised by this I’m sure, but I didn’t think the opposition would actually go through with the motion with the Conservatives up in the polls. Now that an election’s been called it’s unclear whether this motion will actually do anything for the opposition’s number of seats in the house.