Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think it's just about the flexibility. Again, as a mother and a business owner—my husband is also a business owner—and the daughter of a pretty incredible mom who was a judge and a mother to four children, you want to be present in your professional life. You want to put in pla

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I do not. I think it's extremely important to remember that people who seek to serve their country are doing so altruistically, and they want to serve their constituency. However, as a businesswoman, I have taken calls from the hallways in CHEO before. I'm still able to conduct m

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I come back to the notion that hybrid Parliament is covered by a number of grey areas, in the sense that it's not black and white. I very much doubt that parliamentarians will elect to stay home when they have a duty to serve their country and strengt

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for the question. I think it's incredibly important that we don't politicize hybrid Parliament. This provides flexibility for women and men to come to Parliament when it works for their professional and personal schedules and, when it absolutely does not, to have the a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If I may, I think we need to adopt a 30,000-foot perspective on this. It is unfortunate to miss an event with colleagues. I appreciate that business can occur at those events or that key relationships can be built, but we're talking about leveraging the past 31 months, leveraging

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The House of Commons did extraordinary work to adapt to health regulations put in place due to the pandemic. It took a lot of study, consultation and effort to shift policies that had not seen much procedural change since Confederation. It also took major investments in technolo