Liberals won’t prorogue Parliament as impasse over green tech fund documents drags on

OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government has no intention of proroguing Parliament to end an impasse with the Tories over a matter of privilege.

At a news conference today she gave a concise “no” when asked if the Liberals were talking about proroguing, which would immediately end the current session until the government returns with a new throne speech.

Parliament is now in an eighth straight sitting day of debating a Conservative motion related to a demand for the Liberals to provide unredacted documents about misspending at a now-defunct green technology fund.

House Speaker Greg Fergus on Sept. 26 ruled that there was a case for privilege but that the matter is complicated because the motion calls for the documents to be handed over to the RCMP.