Flipping the script: rejected rulings of House committee chairs on the rise

Nearly 60 per cent of rulings by committee chairs are being reversed when appealed, which is an increase from past minority Parliaments.

Liberal MP Jean-Yves Duclos, chair of the House Public Safety and National Security Committee, has had the most decisions appealed, with 13 of his rulings being overturned and 13 sustained.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

March 11, 2026

The rulings of House committee chairs are being overturned on appeal more frequently in the current minority Parliament compared to those of the past.

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