header image
The world according to David Graham

Topics

acva bili chpc columns committee conferences elections environment essays ethi faae foreign foss guelph hansard highways history indu internet leadership legal military money musings newsletter oggo pacp parlchmbr parlcmte politics presentations proc qp radio reform regs rnnr satire secu smem statements tran transit tributes tv unity

Recent entries

  1. PMO Staff Run Government; Ministers Represent It
  2. On A Mostly Harmless Birthday
  3. The Trouble With Political Communications
  4. Politics: War By Other Means
  5. On the function of Social media
  6. C-18 is an existential threat, not a benefit, to democracy
  7. On Missing A Little More Than A Sub
  8. The Realpolitik Of Open Nomination
  9. What Is An Open Nomination, Really?
  10. Alberta election about identity, not policy
  11. The Trouble With Electoral Reform
  12. Mr. Bains Goes to Rogers
  13. Question Period
  14. Why do lockdowns and pandemic restrictions continue to exist?
  15. Parliamentary privilege: an arcane concept that can prevent coups
  16. It's not over yet
  17. Trump will win in 2020 (and keep an eye on 2024)
  18. A podcast with Michael Geist on technology and politics
  19. Next steps
  20. On what electoral reform reforms
  21. 2019 Fall campaign newsletter / infolettre campagne d'automne 2019
  22. 2019 Summer newsletter / infolettre été 2019
  23. 2019-07-15 SECU 171
  24. 2019-06-20 RNNR 140
  25. 2019-06-17 14:14 House intervention / intervention en chambre
  26. 2019-06-17 SECU 169
  27. 2019-06-13 PROC 162
  28. 2019-06-10 SECU 167
  29. 2019-06-06 PROC 160
  30. 2019-06-06 INDU 167
  31. older entries...

2017-06-19 12:31 House intervention / intervention en chambre

Opposition parties, Parliamentary democracy, Parliamentary reform, Standing Orders of the House of Commons,

Démocratie parlementaire, Réforme parlementaire, Règlement de la Chambre des communes

Mr. Speaker, the minister and I both served as staff in previous parliaments and I think we have all been around to see some of the very interesting things that have happened here over the years. When I read this motion, I see a whole lot of things that would have helped us when we were in opposition and not a lot that would help us here in government. I wonder if the minister would agree with that assessment: this would help this place function by empowering opposition parties to do their jobs better.

Monsieur le Président, la ministre et moi-même avons tous deux travaillé au sein du personnel dans des législatures précédentes, et nous avons tous deux observé de très intéressants développements ici au fil des ans. Lorsque je lis cette motion, je vois beaucoup de choses qui nous auraient aidés lorsque nous formions l’opposition, mais peu de choses susceptibles de nous aider à l’heure actuelle au gouvernement. La ministre serait elle d'accord avec moi pour dire que la motion qui nous est soumise aiderait la Chambre à fonctionner en permettant aux partis d'opposition de mieux faire leur travail.

Watch | HansardEcoutez | Hansard

Posted at 13:26 on June 19, 2017

This entry has been archived. Comments can no longer be posted.

2017-06-16 13:14 House intervention / intervention en chambre | hansard parlchmbr tv |

2017-06-19 13:16 House intervention / intervention en chambre

(RSS) Website generating code and content © 2001-2020 David Graham <david@davidgraham.ca>, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. Comments are © their respective authors.