MPs support opening House Board of Internal Economy, but question whether it belongs in budget bill

The government’s proposal to open up meetings of the Board of Internal Economy is part of its 308-page budget implementation bill.

Conservative Whip Gord Brown, left, and Fisheries and Oceans Minister Dominic LeBlanc are currently spokespeople for the Commons Board of Internal Economy, which meets entirely in camera. The Liberal government is seeking to open up meetings to the public, but have proposed the changes as part of its massive budget implementation package. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 15, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—MPs are lauding a move to open up Commons Board of Internal Economy meetings, but with this major change coming as a small piece in the government’s massive omnibus budget-implementation bill, there is concern it’s being buried as questions about it remain. “Seeing that as ...

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