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OTTAWA — Liberal House leader Mark Holland says the government plans to allow members of Parliament to appear virtually for another year.Rules allowing MPs to appear virtually in the House of Commons and to vote using an app on their phones were introduced at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when public health officials urged people to work from home.Holland says the government will be moving forward with a motion to extend the hybrid virtual Parliament for an additional year.
Holland says he's sympathetic to calls from opposition benches to have MPs attend the House of Commons in person and is committed to having government members physically show up to provide answers during question period, barring illness or the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant that is cause for concern.
Tory House leader John Brassard plans to address the plan to extend virtual Parliament at a press conference Monday afternoon. Monday marks the first day in months that MPs can enter buildings on the Parliament precinct regardless of their vaccination status.
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