Liberal, NDP, and Bloc MPs Vote to Suspend ArriveCan Hearings Over ‘Scary’ CBSA Report

Liberal, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois MPs suspended committee hearings on the ArriveCan application on Feb. 7, arguing that after having read a confidential report by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on the app, further hearings could put at risk current CBSA and RCMP investigations into the scandal. “We’re doing a disservice to justice. And I’m being very, very serious about this. I’m not a lawyer, okay, but what I read; it’s scary,” Liberal MP Majid Jowhari said about a preliminary statement of facts MPs on the committee obtained from the CBSA. To the dismay of Tory MPs on the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO) the three parties voted to pause questioning of Michel Lafleur, CBSA’s executive director of professional integrity, who was questioned by the committee on Feb. 6. They also voted in favour of the committee focusing on other topics of interest at subsequent meetings....