The NDP and Liberals held their final caucus meetings this morning before leaving Ottawa for the summer after MPs voted unanimously last night to wrap up the spring sitting of Parliament. Liberals emerged from their caucus with the big news that former interim leader and Toronto MP Bob Rae was stepping down. Rae said he had to make the difficult decision because of his other role as chief negotiator for talks between the Ontario government and Matawa First Nations. Trudeau said Rae was a great leader at a difficult time for the party and that he will be missed. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, meanwhile, emerged from his caucus meeting with praise for his MPs, who he said forced the Conservatives to abandon a controversial citizenship and immigration bill. He also had tough words for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, accusing him of "dodging" Parliament and criticizing him for only attending question period five times in the last five weeks as the Senate spending scandal continued to develop. "Stephen Harper still owes a lot of answers to Canadians," Mulcair said to reporters. cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/06/19/pol-house-rising-wednesday.html
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:23:18 +0000
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