Liberal elections bill shows ‘disdain’ for parliamentary process, say Conservative MPs with committee study not complete

One day before a House committee tabled its interim report on conducting a federal election during the pandemic, the government tabled a bill to make temporary changes to Canada’s Election Act.

Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, left, said it's clear the government wants an election, with Queen’s Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc's decision to table a bill to make temporary changes to election laws before a House committee had even submitted its report on the same thing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meades

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BY PAIGE PEACOCK

December 17, 2020

The government’s tabling of a bill to make temporary election law changes in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic before a committee charged with studying the matter finished its work is an example of the “disdain” the Liberals have for the parliamentary process, sa...

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