Motion to establish House Science and Research Committee has cross-partisan support

The motion would create the first official House Science and Research Committee in Canadian history.

Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan, pictured April 16, 2018, on the Hill, is no longer minister of science but is still advocating for a bigger role for science in government and said 'science and research have largely been ignored, unexplored and merely tacked on to the House of Commons parliamentary committees in Canada.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY AIDAN CHAMANDY

May 10, 2021

Canada's former minister of science says there should be a full-fledged House Science and Research Committee in the next Parliament and says it could have played a vital role during the global pandemic. Ms. Duncan (Etobicoke Nor...

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