‘It’s been better than nothing at all’: MPs settle into Zoom sittings, though some say more room for increased oversight

While some MPs say the debate in the virtual sittings is 'livelier,' and heckling has diminished, one MP notes that the theatrics of Parliament haven’t completely been shaken off: MPs have found new ways to play it up for the cameras.

A skeletal House of Commons Chamber hosts a meeting of the special COVID-19 committee on May 13. For the first time in history, on May 27, the House held hybrid sittings, with large screens set up to beam the faces of MPs appearing virtually. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Beatrice Paez and Palak Mangat

May 29, 2020

Several weeks into the virtual sittings set up in response to the pandemic, many MPs are comfortably settling into the routine of logging on remotely to probe the Liberal government’s measures, even as some say the arrangement falls short of the oversight needed for...

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