Parliament Office yesterday received funding to the tune of $5.2 million which will go towards equipping it with the capacity to stream live parliamentary sittings, committee meetings and other parliamentary-related activities via the internet.
The handing over of the funds for the Parliamen-tary Live Streaming Project followed the signing of a Memorandum of Under-standing (MoU) between the Government of Canada and Parliament Office at Public Buildings. It is being facilitated under the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.
Signing for Canada was Canadian High Commis-sioner Nicole Giles while Clerk Sherlock Isaacs signed on behalf of Parliament Office.
The project’s live stream Consultant Stefan Gajie told reporters yesterday that since the funds have already been acquired,
