Means for Parliament to meet


I REFER to the report “No Parliament sitting” (The Star, March 31) on the government dismissing calls for an emergency sitting of Parliament to review the RM250bil economic stimulus package, as there was an immediate danger of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic.

But take a look at Canada. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on March 22 that his government had asked the Speaker of the House of Commons, the lower house of Parliament, to recall the House on an emergency basis, it was to pass legislation which would help Canadians cope with the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak.

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