OTTAWA — The Liberals continued Thursday to work furiously to manage the fallout of the Jaspal Atwal affair, blocking attempts to have senior security officials testify in front of a parliamentary committee about how a would-be assassin ended up on Canada’s guest list to a dinner in India. But Randeep Sarai, the Liberal MP who insists it was his decision alone to invite Atwal, keeps stumbling back into the story. Goodale had just wrapped up an appearance before a parliamentary committee and was speaking to journalists outside an elevator. He spent much of the scrum insisting repeatedly he couldn’t discuss what the security official had told reporters. During the House committee meeting, Conservatives demanded to know why it was acceptable for a top security official to speak to the media on background, but not to a parliamentary committee.

Source: National Post March 01, 2018 21:00 UTC