OTTAWA — After much kerfuffle, Canada’s consul general in New York, Tom Clark, will finally be testifying in a House of Commons committee as early as September about the $9 million luxury condo purchased by the government to serve as his official residence.

At the start of a meeting on Tuesday, the chair of the government operations committee, Conservative MP Kelly McCauley, read a note from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) saying that Clark would be “pleased to make himself available” either September 4 or 12.