Canada’s Rowdy Parliament Could Keep Talent Away
Friday, March 19th, 2010
Canada’s Rowdy Parliament Could Keep Talent Away, Warns Legislator
By Matthew Little
Epoch Times Staff
PARLIAMENT HILL, Ottawa—“Parliament is sick.”
That is the diagnosis of Dr. Keith Martin, Liberal MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca who sat for the Reform and Canadian Alliance parties before crossing the floor to join the Liberals.
He’s not the first to come down hard on the behaviour of MPs representing Canadians in the House of Commons—and he likely won’t be the last if nothing changes. As it is now, Parliament’s most popular hour, question period (QP), looks like a schoolyard shouting match where there is as much insultest debate.
It’s a level of decorum far below that of any comparable Legislature and an embarrassment to all Canadians, Martin says.
“It desperately needs to be changed because if it doesn’t, serious problems in our country will not be dealt with,” Martin told the Epoch Times on Tuesday. (more…)
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