Library of Parliament Committee hasn’t met in 19 months

The committee reviews the 'effectiveness, management, and operation' of the library. Members are scratching their heads as to why it hasn't met.

The roof of the Library of Parliament's Centre Block location is seen from below a white marble statue of the young Queen Victoria. Why the committee overseeing the library hasn't met is a mystery to some of its members.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY CHELSEA NASH

December 14, 2016

Members of the joint House-Senate committee on the Library of Parliament are frustrated that the committee hasn’t been able to meet even once since the last election in October 2015. “I’ve been frustrated with it for years,” said Senate Liberal Terry Mercer, o...

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