Parliamentary secretaries not voting won’t remove PMO ‘throat grip’ on committees: NDP’s Christopherson

The debate over parliamentary secretaries’ role at House committees heated up last week at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee.

The new government’s commitment to reduce parliamentary secretaries’ involvement in the House committee process was given a failing grade from the NDP in its first test last week when a Liberal PS showed up at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee&rs...

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