Senator Plett: Where does the buck stop with this NDP-Liberal government? Minister Joly’s office initially defended sending an official. She defended sending an official to this party before they reversed course and apologized. It’s clear now that the NDP-Liberal government can’t even do the bare minimum properly. They can’t even give symbolic support to Ukraine by turning down an invitation to a lavish party at the Russian embassy.

Who takes the fall for this, leader? Who is accountable? Who answers? Minister Joly said on Monday that the buck stops with her, but what does that mean, leader? We’ve never seen ministerial accountability from the Trudeau government, so we’re hardly going to start seeing it now. Does anyone lose their job over this?