Committee Proceedings

A new National Assembly was elected at the general election held on October 5, 2026. The Assembly has been summoned to meet on Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 2 p.m. This first sitting will mark the beginning of the 1^st Session of the 44^th Legislature.

The Committee on the National Assembly has a certain number of powers relating to the operation of the other parliamentary committees. For instance, the Committee

• determines the composition of each committee
• sets the date of the first meeting of each committee
• assigns chairships among the parties.

The Standing Orders of the National Assembly state that the Committee on the National Assembly must meet to consider these matters, which must be decided unanimously, not later than the third day on which the Assembly sits following the election of the President at the opening of a Legislature. The Committee must also meet as often as needed during the Legislature.

Much of the work of the National Assembly is done by parliamentary committees. A committee is a work group composed of a set number of MNAs who, in the name of the National Assembly, examine issues that fall within the committee’s area of competence.

Committees and subcommittees

• Public Administration

• Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy and Natural Resources

• Planning and the Public Domain

• National Assembly
  • Subcommittee on Parliamentary Reform

• Culture and Education

• Labour and Economy

• Public Finance

• Institutions

• Citizen Relations

• Health and Social Services

• Transportation and Environment

Defunct committees

• Select Committee on the Impacts of Screens and Social Media on Young People’s Health and Development
• Select Committee on the Evolution of the Act respecting end-of-life care
• Select Committee on the Sexual Exploitation of Minors
• Select Committee on Dying with Dignity
• Culture
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Education
• Social Affairs
• Select Committee on the Election Act
• Subcommittee on Transportation and the Environment
• Select Committee on the Future Site of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
• Select Committee on a New Management Framework for Government Administration
• Planning and Infrastructures
• Budget and Administration
• Subcommittee on the Budget and Administration
• Select Committee on Vocational Training
• Subcommittee on Planning and Infrastructure
• Subcommittee on Social Affairs
• Subcommittee on Institutions
• Education and Manpower

Committees before the 1984 reform

• Committee proceedings before 1984