MPs say Parliament committees open way for compromise

Though members continue to vote along party lines on contentious issues parliamentary committees have been forums for political compromise.

During a meeting with a visiting delegation from the Canadian branch of the Commonwealth Parliamen-tary Association (CPA), the chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of the parliamentary committees had mixed reactions about their success but they were optimistic about the future of the system.

The four-member team of Conservative Senator Terry Stratton, Conservative MP Russ Hiebert, Bloc Qu