PROC to hear from House Speaker, clerk next week as it studies plan for virtual sittings

Even as there was broad-based agreement among committee members on the parameters of the study, including for calling on constitutional, legal, privacy, and technology experts, there was some resistance on the need to involve public health experts.

Liberal MP Ruby Sahota, chair of PROC, says the committee has four or five meetings left before it is expected to report back to Parliament on the feasibility of holding virtual sittings.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

April 16, 2020

The Procedure and House Affairs Committee is planning to hear from the House Speaker and clerk next week as it fleshes out its study on the feasibility of holding virtual parliamentary sittings. Liberal MP Ruby Sahota (Bramp...

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