Federal Liberal cabinet ministers will instruct their staff not to appear if called to any parliamentary committees in an attempt to curb what they call an "abuse of power" by opposition parties.
Late Thursday, the House of Commons voted to back a Conservative move to summon political staff and civil servants to testify about the WE Charity affair and about how the government handled a sexual-misconduct allegation against the country's top soldier.
The Conservatives' motion is aimed at getting three members of the prime minister's staff before the ethics committee to provide more information on the WE Charity affair. They also want the former chief of staff to the defense minister, who now works for another minister, to appear at the defense committee to shed more light on sexual misconduct issues in the Canadian Armed Forces.
The motion included an out: if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears in the aides' place, for at least three hours, that would do.
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