Senate Internal Economy subcommittee seats opened to non-members to ease workload

‘Being on CIBA is like being on two or three committees, because some of these subcommittees are very time consuming,’ says Progressive Senate Group Leader Jane Cordy.

A recent motion could give non-affiliated Senators a better shot at a seat on the Red Chamber's most powerful committee's subgroups, but whether it will remains to be seen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

April 12, 2023

The Senate Internal Economy, Budgets, and Administration Committee has thrown open the doors for membership on its subcommittees to non-committee members, a move that non-affiliated Manitoba Senator Marilou McPhedran says she hopes means Senators not in a recognized group, l...

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