United States senator John McCain (Republican – Arizona) thinks that Parliament should hold hearings into the prospective purchase by the Chinese national oil company of Alberta-based Nexen.
“I think it’s also a role for the legislative body to hold hearings, to get witnesses and say, ‘OK what is this all about?’”
Two benefits that come with public hearings are media coverage and public education -- but when cabinet makes the decision behind closed doors, that exposure is lost, he said.
That pretty much says it all.
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