The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that the Liberal majority on a parliamentary committee has quashed an effort by opposition parties to further probe the SNC-Lavalin affair. The Globe's Steven Chase writes that the House of Commons Ethics Committee voted down a proposal to hear from federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion and other witnesses. The Conservatives, supported by the NDP, had wanted Mr. Dion to explain findings from a report last week in which he said that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had violated the federal conflict of interest law. The vote at the ethics committee on Wednesday was 5-4 against. Toronto Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith broke ranks to vote with the opposition, but only because he said he disagreed with key findings of the Dion report and wanted the Ethics Commissioner to "sit right there so he could answer questions about how he got this analysis so completely, completely wrong." Before the vote, the committee was told Mr. Dion was standing by ready to testify, by video link, if necessary. Mr. Trudeau has said that while he takes full responsibility for the SNC matter, he disagrees with the commissioner's conclusions and has refused to apologize for his actions.