Long waits on feds’ responses to written questions prompts support for Senate rule review

House rules provide for a committee review if written questions go unanswered after 45 days, and impose a four-question limit per MP, but the Senate has no such equivalent.

A recent exchange between Government Representative in the Senate Marc Gold, left, and Conservative Senate Leader Don Plett put a spotlight on the long waits for government responses to written questions in the Red Chamber. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

December 13, 2023

Senators are voicing support for a review of the Upper Chamber’s rules regarding written questions following complaints over long wait times for responses from the government.

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