Politics

The QP clip: Peggy Nash on budget secrecy

NDP finance critic Peggy Nash complained that opposition MPs are forced to review departmental spending without knowing where the money is going. Treasury Board President Tony Clement reminded Nash that, when it comes to Parliament’s financial oversight of departmental spending, the government follows existing rules.

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