‘Didn’t feel right’ to staff committee meetings, Senators say, citing ‘grim’ Ontario COVID cases for two-week cancellation

Senators cancelled all but one ‘non-essential’ committee from meeting between April 21 until at least May 4, when the Senate next sits.

Senate leaders, on the advice of the Speaker, agreed to pause virtual committee meetings for two weeks amid a spike in Ontario’s COVID-19 case counts. Pictured from left: Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett, Independent Senators Group Leader Yuen Pau Woo, Canadian Senators Group Leader Scott Tannas, and Progressive Senate Group Leader Jane Cordy.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

April 28, 2021

The Senate leaders last week agreed to halt all committee meetings, save for National Finance for at least two weeks, citing staff safety amid “grim” numbers as Ontario tightened restrictions to stem a record COVID-19 third wave.

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