When MPs mislead Parliament

Saturday, April 14, 2012 | Categories: Kady O'Malley's Good Questions |

As the government continues to claim it did not mislead Canadians on the costs of F-35s, a listener writes in to Kady with this question:

Can a Member of Parliament be found to have misled the House of Commons in a previous Parliament?

Listen to Kady's answer.

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