As Conservatives decry end of accountability at committees, NDP MPs say nothing has changed

'We’ve essentially returned to more like committees in a majority government,' says Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu of work on House committees after the Liberal-NDP agreement.

After the supply-and-confidence agreement reached between NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, NDP MPs Heather McPherson and Jenny Kwan say their role on House committees will not change. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

March 30, 2022

As NDP MPs say their work on House committees will remain uninterrupted by a supply-and-confidence agreement with the government, Conservative MPs worry committees will operate as if the Liberals control a majority Parliament. House committees have been given renewed importance since 2019 as opposi...

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