Article content continuedThe Liberals argue they’ve already handed over plenty, and the opposition is simply on a fishing expedition to try to keep the scandal going. So the Liberals are responding with the only arrow in their quiver: a filibuster. By late Thursday, both committees finished talking for the day without resolution, when Bloc Quebecois MPs joined Liberals in voting to pause. “Well, I can tell you, folks of any political stripe don’t like corruption, and they don’t like cover-ups. Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos complained that Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre had turned his computer camera off; NDP MP Peter Julian said there’s no rule against turning off your camera; Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen then compared Poilievre to the cartoon character Polkaroo, earning a rebuke from the committee chair.

Source: National Post October 15, 2020 23:56 UTC