PROC’s prorogation probe a precedent-setting exercise, says NDP’s Blaikie

Conservatives won their push to have the prime minister, his chief of staff, and others be invited to appear as part of the committee's prorogation study, which some hope will include a deeper consideration of the convention.
NDP MP Daniel Blaikie, pictured with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and MP Tracey Ramsey during a media scrum on March 26, 2019.
The Procedure and House Affairs Committee’s ongoing study into the government’s report on prorogation—the first of its kind, as newly required by the House of Commons’ Standing Orders—is “establishing an important precedent,” says NDP MP Daniel Blaikie, who hopes the committee uses it ...

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