itq committee roundup

… which is why ITQ will be hanging around in the hallway outside the Public Safety committee room, as its members meet behind closed doors later this afternoon to discuss the latest twists and turns in their ongoing investigation into the Bernier/Couillard Affair. During the first day of hearings last week, two senior RCMP officials – Bob Paulson and Raf Souccar -refused to tell the committee whether or not the Mounties had informed the Privy Council Office- that the then-Foreign Affairs Minister’s special friend was, as they say, “known to police.”

With hearings on the Bernier Affair scheduled to kick off tomorrow, it’s not hard to guess what might be on the in camera agenda at Public Safety this afternoon, which is why ITQ – and other journalists, most likely – will trek over to West Block and set up camp in the hallway outside, just in case committee members decide to throw open the doors and let the media in — not entirely impossible, given the sensational subject matter.