Jaffer testimony to go ahead

[daleo]

It appears former Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer will get a chance to speak publicly this week in Ottawa about allegations of improper lobbying, despite a last-minute move by the NDP to postpone his appearance before a special parliamentary committee.

NDP MP Pat Martin had threatened Monday to withdraw his support of a Liberal motion calling for the government operations and estimates committee to call several witnesses, including Jaffer and his wife, former Conservative cabinet minister Helena Guergis, to answer questions about allegations of unregistered lobbying for access to a billion-dollar federal green infrastructure fund.

Martin was unable to submit a motion to the committee to postpone Jaffer's testimony, but he said he would attempt to submit on Wednesday, the day Jaffer and business partner Patrick Glémaud are slated to appear before the committee.
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Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/04/19/guergis-jaffer-hearings.html#ixzz0laXLk0vh
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It might still get scuttled, or maybe not. There could be some disagreement within the NDP about strategy.