Fix Question Period, elect House committee chairs, and end hybrid House sittings, say some Grit and Tory MPs: ‘Question Period is our marquee accountability mechanism’

But Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux says the current rules do not need any change because they provide decorum and predictability in the House.

Conservative MP Michael Chong, left, and Liberal MP Corey Hogan both want to see changes to how the House of Commons works. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

February 16, 2026

The House of Commons’ internal mechanisms for holding the government to account are in urgent need of reform, say some Liberal and Conservative MPs. They say Question Period should be overhauled, committee chairs and members of the House of Commons Board of Internal Econom...

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