“In the near term, we have no choice but to decrease the number of performance audits that we conduct,” Ricard said. For the coming year, an election year, five have been cut, including one on combating cyber crime. Fighting for that extra funding has proven a last, passionate stand for outgoing NDP MP David Christopherson. The issue is giving the seasoned filibusterer a new reason to slam his hands on the committee table. Although opposition parties have repeatedly raised the funding issue in question period, the government has not budged on its position.

Source: National Post June 06, 2019 16:18 UTC