As the WE Imbroglio continues to roll along in the absence of much other news, there are a couple of new developments – one is that both Seamus O’Regan and Katie Telford, both of whom are subject to the Conflict of Interest Act, also have past histories of raising funds for the WE group of charities pre-government formation, which could complicate things as for whether or not they should have recused themselves from any decision-making over the Student Grants programme contract. The other is that the Conservative are proposing to summon prime minister Justin Trudeau before the finance committee to answer questions about the decision to grand that contract – with the added show of having him do so under oath (which is a bit of extraneous showboating – lying before committee would mean that he would face charges of contempt of parliament, and he has already sworn oaths of office which make demands to testify under oath at committee to be unnecessary). Suffice to say, summoning the prime minister to committee is more fraught than you may think, so here’s professor Philippe Lagassé with some perspective.

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Good reads:

• Ralph Goodale suggests that Bill C-3 on adding CBSA to the RCMP’s civilian complaints commission could be amended to improve RCMP oversight.
• It seems that the Rideau Hall intruder has a long history of paranoid conspiracy theories (though, again, we can’t be sure that’s what radicalised him).
• Here’s a look at the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, which hasn’t had an officer-involved shooting death in its 26-year history.
• While the Alberta government goes to war with its doctors, they also posted 200 job offers on international websites, largely for rural physicians.
• Éric Grenier explores how Trudeau’s past ethics transgressions have impacted on his pulling numbers.

Odds and ends:

Here’s a brief look at the history of the Canadian Human Rights Museum, and how it’s courted controversy its entire existence.

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