MPs are holding a special summer House of Commons sitting on Wednesday where the ongoing WE Charity student grant controversy is expected to be the focus for the opposition, though Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not be there to take those questions.
As The Canadian Press has reported, Trudeau remains on vacation with his family, and his office says he doesn’t plan to cut it short to attend the sitting.
Select other cabinet ministers have also testified, sometimes more than once, about this summer’s main federal political controversy. Trudeau’s top staffer Katie Telford has also appeared, where she doubled down on Trudeau’s testimony that “We are getting to the point where the question becomes: which is worse? Keeping them and this government in place, or creating a temporary distortion in the management of the crisis in going into an election, which might replace them with people better suited for the job. Our point is that as one important voice for Quebec, we observe that this government might not be worthy of our trust anymore,” Blanchet said.
After Wednesday, the House of Commons is not scheduled to reconvene until Sept. 21. It’s at that time that the opposition could first try to move a motion of non-confidence in the Liberal minority government, should the ongoing controversy remain their central area of concern. “Which is more dangerous, the mismanagement of a crisis or taking the time to change the people who are managing the crisis?” Blanchet said, adding that it’s every MP’s job to be the voice of their constituents and in his view, more and more Canadians are asking questions about the Liberals’ handling of Canadians’ money.
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