Alexandra Mendès said she wasn’t trying to hide anything by introducing a motion to move a committee studying fossil fuel subsidies behind closed doors.
The Conservatives and NDP alike say there is an enormous conflict created by a finance minister regulating an industry that includes a company in which he owns some $40 million in shares.
Bill Morneau is putting the squeeze on federal New Democrats, chiding them for failing to support his proposals to end what he calls unfair tax advantages for some wealthy small business owners.
"I have 35 years of of service, I have worked 18 years as an agent on the field at the border and I have never seen anything like that," said Jean-Pierre Fortin, president of the agents' union.
In his search for common ground with the new U.S. administration, Finance Minister Bill Morneau has been drawing parallels between the underlying forces that elected Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau said he recognizes the importance of transparency when it comes to scrutinizing how government spending impacts men and women in different ways.