Senator Yuen Pau Woo

The Hill Times Half of the Senate's committees have held only the odd organizational meeting since the last election, thanks to a combination of disputes, negotiations, and logistical obstacles, many related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The House of Commons sorted out its committees long ago. Sen. Woo said that holding all-virtual meetings would be safer, more cost-effective, and allow the Senate to hold 20 per cent more meetings than it does now. Read…

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China Daily Global Canada-China relations have hit "rock bottom" and are at "freezing point" since Chinese telecom executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in 2018, and Canada's recent actions over the Xinjiang region could further harm the bilateral relationship. "The US-China rivalry sets the context for the current situation. It is the single greatest impacting factor on Ottawa's relationship with Beijing. We have to put this strategic rivalry at the…

iPolitics Senators have begun discussing how to meet safely next month, given COVID-19 cases in Ontario have spiked — a plan that could move Senate sittings almost entirely off the floor of the upper house and into senators’ homes. It's already very clear that in all other activities of Canadian life, travel is being discouraged. If you extend the logic of limiting travel, you would have to conclude that Parliament has to also follow those guidelines. …

The Hill Times Parliament’s two standing joint committees have yet to meet in this Parliament and have not convened since 2019. 'We simply have to find the bandwidth for the joint committee to meet virtually or in a hybrid format,' says Independent Senator Yuen Pau Woo, who is designated to become co-chair of the Scrutiny of Regulations Joint Committee. Read the article