Committees
Committees are how Parliament examines specific issues in depth. They review bills, call expert witnesses, investigate scandals, and report all of this back to back to the House of Commons or the Senate. There are many different types of committees with different roles. You can click on any committee below to see their members and recent activity.
Current House of Commons Standing Committees
- Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development committee
- Information & Ethics committee
- Agriculture committee
- Bill C-11 committee
- Bill C-18 committee
- Canadian Heritage committee
- Citizenship and Immigration committee
- Environment committee
- Finance committee
- Fisheries committee
- Foreign Affairs committee
- Government Operations committee
- Health committee
- Human Resources committee
- Industry committee
- International Trade committee
- Justice committee
- Liaison committee
- National Defence committee
- Natural Resources committee
- Official Languages committee
- Procedure and House Affairs committee
- Public Accounts committee
- Public Safety committee
- Special Committee on Cooperatives committee
- Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women committee
- Status of Women committee
- Transport committee
- Veterans Affairs committee
Current Senate Standing Committees
- Aboriginal Peoples committee
- Agriculture and Forestry committee
- Anti-terrorism (Special) committee
- Banking, Trade and Commerce committee
- Conflict of Interest for Senators committee
- Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources committee
- Fisheries and Oceans committee
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade committee
- Human Rights committee
- Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration committee
- Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee
- National Finance committee
- National Security and Defence committee
- Official Languages committee
- Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament committee
- Selection Committee committee
- Social Affairs, Science and Technology committee
- Transport and Communications committee