Some Nova Scotia legislators will return to Province House next week for the first time since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in March. Typically, witnesses at committee meetings offer brief remarks, but are primarily there to answer questions from committee members. Burrill said his bill would require committees to meet unless they have unanimous consent from all committee members. Committee members are given timed allotments for questions, and responses from witnesses are sometimes cut off mid-sentence to keep things on schedule. So far, the health committee meeting is the only one on the legislature's official calendar for this month.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2020 17:15 UTC