iPolitics: Along with the legislation, MacKinnon served notice that he would be proposing that, if and when it secures the preliminary approval of the House, the bill won’t simply be added to the rolling queue at one — or more — of the standing committees that might otherwise be assigned to go through the fine print.
Instead, the bill will be sent to a yet-to-be-struck legislative committee, which, as CBC News notes, will be the first time that a government has opted to do so since 2012.
When questioned as to why he wants to bypass the existing standing committee system, MacKinnon, who also serves as Government House Leader, downplayed the significance…