Government compromises on Standing Orders changes, takes PM’s Question Period off the table

The government insists that prime minister’s question time is here to stay, by convention, after days of backroom negotiations with the opposition parties. The opposition, meanwhile, is casting doubt on that claim.

Government House Leader Bardish Chagger has shared her motion to change the Standing Orders with the other parties and will put it on the notice paper on the evening of June 15. The motion is expected to be debated on Monday.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

June 15, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—Government House Leader Bardish Chagger is putting her motion proposing changes to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons on the notice paper tonight, and it includes walking back the government’s plan to add a weekly Prime Minister’s Question Period to the rules. The fin...

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