New committee a forum to look deeper into ever-important Canada-U.S. economic relationship, but will partisan squabbles dominate?

The special committee was created through a Conservative motion that was backed by the Liberals, Bloc, and NDP. Nearly half of the members of the committee are members of the International Trade Committee.

The results of the first virtual meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured during a 2016 meeting, could be looked at by the new Special House Committee on Canada-U.S. Economic Relations. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY NEIL MOSS

February 24, 2021

The new House Special Committee on the Economic Relationship between Canada and the United States could allow for greater focus on Canada's most important relationship, but it should not be bogged down by partisan squabbles, say experts and a committee member. The special committee was struck on Fe...

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