Feds prioritize speed in trade agenda as MPs raise alarm over transparency  

The Hill Times: Trade negotiations are under the jurisdiction of the executive branch in Canada, but increasingly, MPs have tried to fight for more transparency. 

“Mark Carney is more acting like a CEO than like a prime minister [or] leader of government,” said Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot-Acton, Que.), who serves as vice-chair of the House Committee for International Trade. 

He said that when the committee hears from government witnesses, they provide little information.

“They are very, very silent, and they never directly answer our questions, which is quite frustrating in the long run,” Savard-Tremblay said…

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