Ministers need to testify about screening of men accused of foiled Toronto terror plot, MPs agree

MPs agreed Tuesday that ministers need to testify publicly 'as soon as possible' about the immigration and security screening of a father and son recently charged in connection to an alleged foiled Toronto terror plot.

MPs agreed Tuesday that ministers need to testify publicly "as soon as possible" about the immigration and security screening of a father and son recently charged in connection to an alleged foiled Toronto terror plot.

At an emergency meeting of the House of Commons Public Safety and National Security Committee, members of Parliament from all major parties unanimously voted to call Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Immigration Minister Marc Miller and relevant federal officials answer questions about the case.

While the hearing got off to a tense start, it wrapped in relative short order with little acrimony, seeing the opposition come on-side with a Liberal motion, after making some tweaks.

The committee has agreed senior officials will start appearing later this month, as part of a series of six hearings into the case.

Among those MPs want to hear from are RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme, interim CSIS Director Vanessa Lloyd, Canada Border Services Agency President Erin O'Gorman, the deputy ministers of both the public safety and citizenship departments, as well as former public safety minister and current U.K. High Commissioner Ralph Goodale. 

In July, the RCMP arrested Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 26, in Richmond Hill, Ont. who police accused of being "in the advanced stages of planning a serious, violent attack in Toronto."

The pair are facing a series of terrorism-related charges, including conspiracy to commit murder for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with the Islamic State. The men are scheduled to appear back in court later today.