The opposition Progressive Conservatives are urging the Holt government to reverse course on a planned reduction in sitting days for a key committee that is supposed to monitor the spending of taxpayer dollars.
Daniel Allain finds it ‘odd’ government is cutting hours just as Holt government’s record goes under scrutiny
Jacques Poitras · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 28, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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PC Leader Daniel Allain and Margaret Johnson, the leader of the Opposition in the legislature, took issue with the timing of the change. (Tara King-Stewart)
The opposition Progressive Conservatives are urging the Holt government to reverse course on a planned reduction in sitting days for a key committee that is supposed to monitor the spending of taxpayer dollars.
PC Leader Daniel Allain says it’s probably not a coincidence that the public accounts committee will see its time cut in half next year, just as it was about to begin examining the Holt government’s performance.
“I think what they did today was kind of Trumpish,” Allain said. “It’s a threat to democracy.”
Allain and Margaret Johnson, the leader of the Opposition in the legislature,
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