Liberals, NDP, Bloc Vote to Shut Down Committee Meeting Before RCMP Commissioner Can Testify on SNC-Lavalin

The meeting was set to hear from the RCMP whether the prime minister was implicated in the obstruction of justice charges for his role in the SNC-Lavalin affair

The Canadian flag flies near the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in a file photo. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

The RCMP commissioner was not able to testify on the SNC-Lavalin affair due to Liberal, New Democrat, and Bloc Québécois MPs on the ethics committee voting to adjourn shortly after the meeting began.

“Usually a message is sent out 48 hours ahead for any change to schedule, any invitations. I think this was terribly last-minute,” Liberal MP and committee vice-chair Mona Fortier said on Oct. 23.