Hybrid Parliament Can Stay, but Ministers Should Show up in Person: Committee Report

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks and is projected onto large screens as he takes part in the COVID-19 Pandemic Committee in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 27, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

A House of Commons committee says the pandemic-era practice of allowing federal elected officials to vote virtually should be allowed to stay.

Members of Parliament on the committee for procedure and House affairs studied the issue of the hybrid Parliament last year and their report was tabled on Jan. 30.