Conrad Black speaks in paragraphs. This week, he delivered his most recent spoken-word essay from a bland Toronto videoconferencing centre to an audience of eager parliamentarians in Ottawa. Black, in his appearance at the standing committee on foreign affairs and international trade, offered a subdued but insistent defence of President Donald Trump’s caustic approach to negotiation. And the committee wasn’t about to stop Black mid-argument.
If you’ve read the House of Commons rules, you know that committees operate according to various rules, and that everyone around the table agrees to limits on the length of questions and answers. More than a …read more
Source: Macleans
