BOIE gives House green light to hire eight new committee support staff

The board’s approval came following Conservative push back, which, in the end, resulted in five of the eight new full-time staff being approved on a temporary basis, to be reviewed in a year.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is pictured greeting Bloc MP Gabriel Ste-Marie ahead of a House Finance Committee meeting in the West Block on Dec. 9, attended by MPs both in person and by videoconference. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

December 15, 2021

With a new standing committee in the mix this Parliament, and committee activity otherwise on the rise year over year, House administration has the green light to hire eight new clerks and technical staff to support the work of committees. Following push back from Conservatives at the House Board o...

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