Don't expect prison time for ministers - Brantford Expositor - Ontario, CA
Now for the good part.
If (House speaker) Milliken were to find the Harper government in contempt, the opposition parties would have the power to throw at least the three responsible ministers in jail -- Defence Minister Peter MacKay; Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon; and Justice Minister Rob Nicholson.
Luckily for them, the PM could quickly spring his ministers from the lockup by either turning over the documents or proroguing the House again -- an act that not only shuts down the Commons, but also ends parliamentary jail sentences.
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