House committees aren’t won by force, they’re built by convention
If a government were to use its numbers to force through standing orders changes for a reallocation of committee seats, it would be acting within its formal powers—but outside long-standing convention and the guardrails against tyranny-of-the-majority would begin to look optional.
OTTAWA—As speculation grows that the Liberals could cross the threshold from minority to majority in the House of Commons, a speculative and important discussion has resurfaced in the halls of Ottawa: would that translate into control of parliamentary committees?
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