House and Senate joint committees haven’t met since 2019

'We simply have to find the bandwidth for the joint committee to meet virtually or in a hybrid format,' says Independent Senator Yuen Pau Woo, who is designated to become co-chair of the Scrutiny of Regulations Joint Committee.

The Library of Parliament is pictured. The Scrutiny of Regulations Joint Committee hasn't met since June 2019, while the Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament last met in May 2019. Neither committee has elected its co-chairs or vice-chairs, which happens at the first meeting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

January 13, 2021

Parliament's two standing joint committees have yet to meet in this Parliament and have not convened since 2019. The Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament and the Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations, which are one of the few venues where members of the two Chambers interact, have ...

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