Advisory groups have fundamentally altered public policy-making in Ottawa

In some respects, departmental advisory groups seem to have edged aside Parliamentary committees as principal sources of public input and policymaking.

VANCOUVER, B.C.—The advisory groups that are increasingly used by departments and agencies can be effective, or they can be ineffectual to the point of frustration for many MPs and Senators. For some, they have come to parallel rather than inform the role of Parliament in setting policy dir...

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