Committee studying controversial Bill C-22 deserves scrutiny

The House Public Safety Committee has heard from 30 witnesses and received 40 submissions—with some delayed due to translation issues—as some critics complain chair Jean-Yves Duclos is moving too fast.

The approach to parliamentary procedures and MP privileges at the House Public Safety Committee, chaired by Jean-Yves Duclos, are becoming issues themselves during its review of Bill C-22, writes Ken Rubin.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

June 11, 2026

A parliamentary committee’s review of the controversial lawful access bill is now itself dealing with its own contentious issue that will not go away.

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