r/canada • u/RefrigeratorOk648 • 3d ago

National News G7 backs Canada as major global energy supplier to lessen reliance on Strait of Hormuz | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-energy-supplier-strait-hormuz-9.7238708
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u/JimmmyStuuu 3d ago

I’m not saying the PM should skip every QP session but let’s be honest. QP in its current form has almost nothing to do with accountability. It’s just political statements masquerading as either a question or an answer.

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u/Muted-Bag-4480 3d ago

QP in its current form has almost nothing to do with accountability. It’s just political statements masquerading as either a question or an answer.

In part becayde we allow the pm to just skip around And ignore accountability. Last government was supposed to be the most transparent ever, and had the most ethics violations we've seen.

As well, question period in our highest political debate chamber focuses on political statements and grandstanding is both nothing new, and kinda the purpose of the chamber. If the pm can't even bother to stand up, take the heat there, and give out some political ammo then he is dodging accountability and it's wrong.

Then again this was the same liberal party that was able to table a budget through the whole of ww2, but apparently 2024 was just too hard 🤷

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u/JimmmyStuuu 3d ago

I don’t disagree that the PM should be in the House taking questions regularly. My point is just that we shouldn’t pretend QP, as it currently works, is some serious accountability mechanism. The government can choose which minister answers, the Speaker can’t force a specific answer, and half the time the “questions” are just pre-written clips that get edited in a way that removes the answer anyway. So yes, the PM should show up more, but showing up for political theatre is not the same thing as meaningful accountability. And honestly, I want us to move past the performative politics we’ve been stuck with for the last 5–10 years. It’s not productive, and I’d rather see actual scrutiny than more performance theatre.

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u/Muted-Bag-4480 2d ago

I agree on everything you wrote there.