Liberals Urge Tories to Reconsider Compromise on Documents About Fired Scientists

Liberals Urge Tories to Reconsider Compromise on Documents About Fired Scientists
Leader of the Government in the House of Commons Mark Holland speaks during a news conference, November 22, 2021 in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Government House leader Mark Holland is urging the Conservatives to reconsider their rejection of a compromise proposal that would allow MPs to finally see unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada’s highest-security laboratory.

In a letter Tuesday to his Conservative counterpart, Gerard Deltell, Holland reiterates his proposal to allow a special all-party, security-cleared committee to review all the documents, aided by three former senior judges who would decide whether or how any disputed material could be released publicly without jeopardizing national security.