Plug pulled on some virtual committee witnesses due to headset rules, prompting call for more consistency

The Hill Times

Strict rules requiring the use of an approved microphone headset to participate virtually in House and Senate proceedings are posing new challenges in arranging witness testimony at committees.

Labour Program ruling aside, in seeking to address Plett’s question a committee clerk noted that, pre-pandemic, witnesses appearing virtually “wouldn’t appear from home,” and would instead be asked to “go to a city downtown where there was a studio that met our standards for quality,” and sound checks would be done at that location in advance of a meeting. House committees have experienced similar challenges.

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