Relocating to more spacious venue for House sittings impractical, some MPs say

Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux says he personally doesn't expect Parliament to reconvene in full this year.

Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May, pictured May 6, 2020, speaking with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland from a distance in the Chamber before the special COVID-19 committee meeting. Some MPs say moving to a more spacious venue for sittings would still require travel into the city, and parties 'haven't had any discussions' about such a move. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Beatrice Paez and Palak Mangat

May 11, 2020

A move to a more spacious venue that would allow all 338 MPs to meet without coming into close contact with each other wouldn’t necessarily address all of the public health challenges of an in-person meeting, some MPs say, and had not been raised as a prospect among...

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