Liberal MP Blew whistle on RCMP scandal - Tories accused of cover-up

Don Martin accuses the governing Conservatives of trying to thwart repeated efforts of Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj to look into the RCMP scandal and exposes the Tory cover-up effort.

The Tories repeatedly shut down effort by Wrzesnewskyj who repeatedly called on the committee to investigate the matter. Here is what Don Martin had to say:

A one-vote margin of victory on a last-ditch in-camera motion finally allowed RCMP officers to spill the beans in public last week to trigger a national ruckus and an independent investigation. Had the vote gone the other way, the code of RCMP silence would have covered Parliament Hill indefinitely.
And if you're looking for the most bizarre acts of obstruction and interference, look no further than Conservative MPs, possibly acting under orders from above, who voted as a block to sweep the accusations under the rug.
It's incredible and inexplicable why a government under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, which wraps itself in the uniform of aggressive law and order, would vote repeatedly to deny RCMP officers access to the spotlight when they were willing to risk their careers telling the disquieting truth.
But all committee members were hand-delivered the evidence by RCMP whistle-blowers last fall, carefully indexed and the most damning evidence redflagged, and even after they were given a preview of their testimony, MPs still stonewalled the push to bring the RCMP scandal out of the shadows.
"Every colleague I spoke to said, 'Are you sure we want to go there? Remember, this is the RCMP'," says Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj. "At every key point when the committee voted to deal with the issue, they [Conservatives] blocked it or tried to block it." The second-term Etobicoke MP is credited by RCMP whistleblowers for doggedly pursuing the file and leading the charge to secure their hearing. Mr. Wrzesnewskyj demanded reports used by the Auditor-General be brought forward last December. His motion was rejected by all five Conservative members. He asked to take the matter behind closed doors. He was voted down again.
After hearing from a number of witnesses previewing the allegations in mid-February, he put forward a motion to grant the whistle-blowers parliamentary immunity to testify. He was voted down by the Conservative members and a lone New Democrat.
Finally, after submitting stacks of damning documents, including e-mails showing nine RCMP brass trying to hide their golf fees on hotel bills during a pension fund meeting, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj felt he had enough evidence to secure unanimous support to call in the whistle-blowers. Even so, it only squeaked by on a single vote with all five Tories voting against the motion."All the Conservatives voted against having us testify, even after what was revealed when the brass came in on the 21st of February. I couldn't believe when they were all flabbergasted, acting like they couldn't have been more shocked. I guess I can't figure out politics."

Join the club, but attempts to get a government explanation have not been satisfactory.

The PMO insists it did not have advance notice of the allegations and has no comment on the committee behaviour of its MPs.

Of course, the PMO had no idea what was going on in Committee, just like they didn't know about the visit of the President of Liberia.