Liberals' Majority Push: Rewriting Parliamentary Rules?

0:00It's April 1st. From your city to your ears, this is Canada News today, powered by AI, I'm Cory with the story. Speculation is heating up in Ottawa about the liberals potentially flipping from a minority to a majority in the House of Commons and what that could. Mean for who runs the parliamentary committees. If they pull it off, the party can lean on their numbers to tweak the rules and shuffle committees these their way, something technically allowed but, way off the usual playbook. Books on the hill are buzzing because this move would ditch decades of unwritten agreements that keep power balanced, even when one side has the edge. We've seen hints of tension already, like the lobbying commissioner Nancy Belanger, testifying before the ethics committee back on March 9th, too. 1026 Spotlighting How Oversight Works In Practice As talks ramp up ahead of any vote shift, keep an eye on whether convention holds or if majority muscle starts rewriting the game, could reshape checks, and balance is for good