The Yukon’s MP has been keeping busy.

Since officially being sworn in as MP in mid-November, Larry Bagnell has been active in getting his affairs and offices in order.

Bagnell, who was elected two months ago this past Saturday, has been everywhere at once, speaking at events and attending a host of meetings.

Bagnell was recently elected via secret ballot to chair the Procedures and House Affairs Committee – one that he calls “fairly instrumental” in overseeing the day-to-day procedures in the House of Commons.

Part of his committee work may include several aspects of the electoral reform promises the Liberals made during the election campaign – among those are things such as a gender-balanced cabinet, strengthening committees and changing election laws.

While he was a little surprised to be elected as chair, he said in an interview last Thursday, he considers it to be a good challenge.

“I’ve always been interested in the procedures and improving things,” he said.

He’s particularly focused on finding improvements to aid efficiency and keep members using their time productively.

For the big electoral reform piece – changing how Canadians elect their government – Bagnell said there will likely be a special committee struck to carry out broad consultation about possible changes.

The Yukon MP recently asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for an update on one particular democratic reform – establishing a prime minister’s question period.

The differing format takes after that of the British House of Commons.

Essentially, for one day out of five, all of the inquiries from question period would be directed only at Trudeau.

As Bagnell put it, the “hot-seat” style would give MPs more opportunities for directing questions to Trudeau.

“We have to see what the other parties think of it,” he said.

“I haven’t had any feedback on that yet.”

Though the House has only had seven sitting days and is currently in recess, Bagnell noted there’s a noticeable change in the atmosphere.

“It’s more collegial ... So far, there haven’t been any personal attacks,” he said.

“They used to be commonplace.”

This could be partly due to the fact that there are significantly more new faces in the House than there had been in the past.

This way, there aren’t as many age-old battles among MPs, Bagnell said.

“You get a bit of a fresh start.”

More locally, Bagnell’s constituency office on Black Street is just about set for the races.

He’s using the same suite of offices former Conservative MP Ryan Leef used – and which Bagnell was based in before Leef’s 2011-15 term in office.

There was a bit of a delay with computers and Internet services, which was frustrating to Bagnell, given the large volume of emails he’s been receiving lately.

“(Last Tuesday), I was up until 4 a.m.,” he says, adding that he’s received more than 1,000 emails and about 200 letters so far.

Since the House recessed for Christmas on Dec. 11, Bagnell is back in Whitehorse for a little while.

Just last week alone, he had about 20 meetings – and has spoken at seven Yukon events since October’s election.

While helping to present the Canadian Tourism Awards to a few lucky Yukon finalists, Bagnell found himself onstage with the president of Parks Canada.

He immediately took the opportunity to lobby the president for some more Yukon-designated Parks Canada dollars.

The department suffered budgetary and staff reductions during the Conservatives’ last term in government, though Leef indicated during the election campaign that some of the money would be restored if the Tories were-re-elected.

“One of the things that makes it hard right at the beginning (is) that the constituents are sort of left in limbo to some extent,” Bagnell explained.

“Until the computers are all in place and the ministers’ staff are in place, it’s harder to get things done.”

He acknowledges that things have been busy.

It’s also been tricky to keep up with the requests one receives as an MP – but Bagnell is both real and optimistic in his approach to the onslaught of emails and letters.

“You can’t win every battle, but you can try to help as much as you can.”