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OTTAWA — The name and words of the man accused of killing 51 people in the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque attacks will be struck from the records of the House of Commons justice committee, its members agreed Tuesday, in a decision that sparked an immediate row with one of the committee’s latest witnesses.

The committee is studying the spread of hate online. Conservative writers and media personalities Mark Steyn, Lindsay Shepherd and John Robson were all waiting to testify Tuesday morning when Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault brought the motion to expunge the material.

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Edmonton Conservative MP Michael Cooper had read the alleged mass murderer’s manifesto into the committee’s record last week, angry that witness Faisal Khan Suri linked the March attacks to conservatism.

On the weekend, Tory Leader Andrew Scheer removed Cooper from the committee over his “insensitive and unacceptable” behaviour.