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By Rachel Emmanuel. Published on Dec 22, 2020 4:51pm
Conservative MP Gérard Deltell speaks to reporters Ottawa in April 2018. (Matthew Usherwood/iPolitics)
Opposition parties say they’ll take a closer look at government coffers in the new year.
Both the federal New Democrats and Conservatives told iPolitics they plan to scrutinize pandemic spending when the House of Commons returns after its six-week holiday break.
Conservative House leader Gérard Deltell said his party will be “very serious” in its study of government spending in 2021.
“We want to scrutinize — in the committees and also in the House of Commons — the billions of dollars of spending by this government,” he said on Tuesday. “We’ll take the government to account for spending so much money.”