Committees

Committees examine, in small groups, selected matters in greater depth than is possible in the House of Commons. They report conclusions of those examinations, and recommendations, to the House. Committees undertake studies on departmental spending, legislation and issues related to their mandate.

The 44th Parliament was dissolved on March 23, 2025.

Dissolution is the formal ending of a Parliament by proclamation of the Governor General. A general election must follow dissolution. In practice, as soon as Parliament is dissolved, committees can neither sit nor report to the House, as they cease to exist until the House reconstitutes them following the election.

Upon dissolution, all business before committees is terminated. All orders of reference expire, and the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of all committees cease to hold office.

The government is no longer required to provide responses to committee reports.

The information on these pages refers to committees and their work before Parliament was dissolved.

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List of Committees

of the past session

ACVA Veterans Affairs AFGH Afghanistan AGRI Agriculture and Agri-Food CACN Canada-China Relations CHPC Canadian Heritage

CIIT International Trade CIMM Citizenship and Immigration ENVI Environment and Sustainable Development ETHI Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics FAAE Foreign Affairs and International Development FEWO Status of Women FINA Finance FOPO Fisheries and Oceans HESA Health HUMA Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities INAN Indigenous and Northern Affairs

INDU Industry and Technology JUST Justice and Human Rights LANG Official Languages LIAI Liaison NDDN National Defence OGGO Government Operations and Estimates PACP Public Accounts PROC Procedure and House Affairs RNNR Natural Resources SECU Public Safety and National Security SRSR Science and Research TRAN Transport, Infrastructure and Communities

Joint Committees

AMAD Medical Assistance in Dying BILI Library of Parliament DEDC Declaration of Emergency REGS Scrutiny of Regulations

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Subcommittees and past committees

About committees

A committee is a body made up of members of Parliament, or members and senators in the case of joint committees, selected to consider any issue referred to them by the House or related to their mandate. There are different types of committees: standing, legislative, special and joint. Most are standing committees.

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Committee Weekly Schedule

Committees follow a system of meeting room priority access based on rotating blocks of time approved by the whips of the recognized parties.

Current weekly schedule

List of Committees

of the past session

Joint Committees

About committees

Committee Weekly Schedule

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