Strengthen Parliamentary committees so that they can better scrutinize legislation.

What success looks like

Parliamentary committees are freer and better equipped to study legislation.

Government's narrative on progress

The government has worked to ensure that committees have more funding, hold more meetings, hear from more witnesses, and complete more reports. This means Canadians can be sure their elected Members of Parliament are doing their jobs every day by examining and improving legislation and holding open hearings on important issues. The government has also ensured the practice of electing committee chairs by secret ballot continues, which means committee chairs maintain their independence from the government. The government also made parliamentary secretaries non-voting members of committees. This means a parliamentary secretary cannot vote on a committee which falls within their minister's mandate, thereby making committees freer and more independent.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.