‘Parliament is a face-to-face institution’: Dale Smith on the hybrid House and lost collegiality in the Commons

‘Parliament is going to find itself in an interpretation crisis in the next couple of years if things continue along this particular path,’ says press gallery journalist Dale Smith.

The House of Commons in June 2017 when it adjourned for the summer. MPs voted on June 23 to extend the hybrid Parliament until June 2023. The Hill Times file photograph

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

June 29, 2022

Liberal, NDP, and Green MPs voted last week to extend hybrid Parliament until June 2023, a move that author and longtime press gallery reporter Dale Smith warns could further erode the relationship building that better helps Parliament function. Pointing to research by the Samara Institute pulled f...

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