As early as next week, Canadians will have a front-row seat to something that’s never been done before: virtual meetings of members of this country’s Parliament.
But it won’t be an easy task, warned House of Commons Speaker Anthony Rota on Tuesday. Rota joined members of the House of Commons procedure committee for a virtual meeting to discuss how to move forward with plans to implement virtual meetings on a much larger scale. “Not everything is possible during this pandemic,” he told members. “It will be necessary to establish priorities.” His appearance came one day after a small group of MPs from all parties returned to Ottawa on Monday to vote on a government plan to have in-person meetings in the House of Commons once per week.