Blacklock's Reporter

Floor-crossing MPs Lori Idlout (Nunavut) and Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia-Lambton, Ont.) yesterday joined the government caucus in voting 173 to 163 to invoke closure on a motion granting cabinet majority control of all Commons committees. It effectively quashes real-time ethics investigations into Liberal spending, contracting and appointments: “They flattered and recruited a Member who endorsed Avi Lewis and a Member who endorsed the Freedom Convoy, all in the pursuit of power.”