MPs Vote Not to Launch Investigation of ‘Potential Obstruction of Justice’ Against Mendicino

MPs Vote Not to Launch Investigation of ‘Potential Obstruction of Justice’ Against Mendicino
Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino speaks at a news conference in Ottawa on Sept. 26, 2022. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Peter Wilson
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MPs on the immigration and citizenship committee voted Wednesday not to launch an investigation into allegations that then-Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino’s department backdated government documents in 2020.

“I think it looks like a waste of time,” said Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe during an immigration committee meeting on Oct. 12. “And I don’t really see a scandal in here.”