Photo illustration featuring Government House leader Karina Gould, left, and Conservative MP and House Leader of the Official Opposition Andrew Scheer.
A debate that has jammed up the House of Commons for nearly two months now doesn't appear likely to end any time soon, as neither the Liberals or Conservatives are showing signs of backing down.A House of Commons debate over documents has resulted in weeks of political gridlock. Government House leader Karina Gould, left, and Conservative MP and House leader Andrew Scheer have each accused the other side of holding up business in Parliament.
"This is clearly a decision that the … Liberals have made to continue to keep Parliament paralyzed rather than hand over documents," Scheer told reporters on Tuesday. Conservatives have vowed to keep the debate going until the remaining documents are produced.Government House leader Karina Gould says the government has provided nearly 29,000 pages of documents related to the Sustainable Development Technology Canada matter.
In June, the auditor general released a report that found Sustainable Development Technology Canada violated its conflict of interest policies 90 times, awarded $59 million to 10 projects that were not eligible and frequently overstated the environmental benefits of its projects.Ottawa abolishes green fund in response to scathing AG report
At the time, Fergus suggested that the matter be further studied by the House procedures committee. But because the debate has continued for weeks, a vote to send the matter to committee hasn't been held.
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