The Hill Times
After heading the House of Commons’ influential Procedure and House Affairs Committee for two-and-a-half years, three-term Liberal MP Bardish Chagger unexpectedly stepped down as both chair and member on April 29. Committee members learned about her departure the next day. “I want to fight for my constituents' voices, right?” said Chagger , in a brief telephone interview on May 3. “I need to be here when they need me to be here.
photograph by Andrew Meade Meanwhile, NDP MP Lindsay Mathyssen , a member of the PROC, told that Chagger told her in the House on April 29 that she was leaving the committee, but did not specify any reason. Chagger informed committee colleagues about her departure plans in person or by telephone and did not send any written communication. “She let me know personally that she was going back to her riding and that she wouldn't be the chair anymore,” Mathyssen told .
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