Government House Leader Peter Van Loan: House Of Commons

Defence Minister Peter MacKay Dept: Government House leader Peter Van Loan, speaking after more than a day of talks with Cullen, said the NDP will oppose the 400-page bill anyway, so the Conservatives wouldn't split the bill for committee study, according to CBC. Defence Minister Peter MacKay appears before the Committee of the Whole that is, in the House of Commons before all interested MPs to defend main spending estimates for his department. MacKay is one of two ministers selected by opposition MPs to appear before the Committee of the Whole, along with Environment Minister Peter Kent and the Conservative government is afraid of Canadians finding out what's in the budget implementation bill, NDP House leader Nathan Cullen said today after the government refused to split the bill to make it easier to study. In announcing the government won't compromise, Van Loan had said, "Canadians expect their government to take action. Liveblog: Defence minister in the House (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.