Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus during question period, Thursday, September 19, 2024.Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/File

Government still redacting, withholding 'green slush fund' docs despite Speaker ruling it shouldn't

Withholding the information is significant because it appears to fly in the face of the Speaker's ruling by Fergus that the government likely had no right to do so

by · National Post

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is still providing redacted documents and withholding others on the so-called “green slush fund” from the House of Commons nearly one month after Speaker Greg Fergus scolded it for doing just that.

In a letter tabled in Parliament Monday, Commons Law Clerk Michel Bédard told MPs that he had recently received new documents from three government departments relating to Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). In all three cases, information was withheld.

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