Library of Parliament joint committee hasn’t met in nearly four years

Under the Parliament of Canada Act, the Library of Parliament Joint Committee is supposed to help the Speakers of the House of Commons and Senate direct the library’s operations.

The 12 MPs and five Senators assigned to the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament have not gotten together since 2019, for reasons no one can explain.The Hill Times file photograph

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BY NEIL MOSS

January 24, 2023

The joint House of Commons and Senate committee which has a statutory obligation to assist the Speakers of Parliament in administering the Library of Parliament has laid dormant since 2019.

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