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Loosen parties’ grip on backbenchers, say former MPs in sweeping, new Samara report
By Beatrice Paez Jun. 12, 2018
The partisan theatrics that characterize debate in Question Period have spilled over into committees, which have taken on a scripted air, according to report from Samara Canada.
Under former prime minister Stephen Harper, backbenchers saw their ability to take a more independent stance, even at the committee level, diminish, according to a new report from Samara Canada. The Hill Times file photograph
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