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.
Treasury Board President Tony Clement responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday Feb 27, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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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.