No deal yet on remote House proceedings, with app process and Chamber-wide testing still to be resolved

A House-wide test of the new remote-voting application developed by the administration has yet to take place, and questions on how exactly voting by app would work and look in the Chamber remain to be ironed out.

Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez, left, Conservative House Leader Gérard Deltell, and NDP House Leader Peter Julian. Talks between the House leaders have reportedly taken place since The Hill Times interviewed Mr. Deltell and Mr. Julian last week, but it's understood that an agreement still has yet to be reached. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

January 13, 2021

An agreement to allow the continuation of remote hybrid sittings of the House of Commons and its committees still has yet to be reached, and with Liberals pushing pursuit of a new voting application system, opposition House leaders say Chamber-wide testing and key details on its process are still be...

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