Parliamentary accountability need not be a casualty of the pandemic
Parliament has survived many crises, over many centuries. It has evolved to meet changed circumstances and needs. This is one of those times. An adaptive Parliament with smaller, but responsible components, meeting virtually and openly, can both hold the government to account and effectively and efficiently enact the legislation that Canada needs.
OTTAWA—The COVID-19 pandemic is not only putting extraordinary pressures on medical care workers, governments and economies, but on Parliament and legislatures. These bodies are required in democracies to pass necessary legislation, provide funding and, most importantly, to hold governments to acc...
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