“Mr. Speaker, in my community, the one question I get from people is this: How are we going to keep accountability and transparency alive in government? The election has happened, and a lot of members ran their election campaigns on accountability and transparency. If there is a change of this order to committees, adding two more members of the government to committees, I wonder how that would not change the outcome of what is expected. Is the need for control so great that the voices of Canadians no longer matter with regard to transparency and accountability in committee?”
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 5 wordsI appreciate the member’s question, ProcedureReasoning · 39 wordsbut how have opposition parties held majority governments to account since Confederation?It is by doing their job, and they can do that job at committee and in the House just as they have done throughout our entire history.Claims · 57 wordsIt is just the case that the member takes issue with the fact that the motion proposes to reflect the majority of seats that the government holds in the House of Commons in committee, 1which is a tired and true tradition in the House.It has been tested over time.It has been a principle since Confederation, Reasoning · 11 wordsand I do not see why we would change that now.
