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Kelly Blidook, Royce Koop, and Lesley Anne Fuga

Kelly Blidook is associate professor of political science at Memorial University. Royce Koop is associate professor of political studies at the University of Manitoba. Lesley Anne Fuga is research associate at the University of Manitoba.

Under COVID-19 pandemic, MPs across parties and jurisdictions are shifting heavily toward service

Politicians are often criticized about the work they do and the pay they receive for doing it. Whenever Parliament is in session, Members of

Opinion | BY KELLY BLIDOOK, ROYCE KOOP, AND LESLEY ANNE FUGA | June 29, 2020

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa Centre, Ont.), right, pictured June 1, 2020, arriving for that day's ministerial briefing for the media on the pandemic. Especially for MPs who have shifted their Ottawa staff to aid with constituency work, as many told us they had to do, there are legitimate questions about how soon and how effectively they could take on the same House responsibilities as they did pre-COVID, write Kelly Blidook, Royce Koop, and Lesley Anne Fuga who recently wrote an article on this issue in the Canadian Journal of Political Science. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Under COVID-19 pandemic, MPs across parties and jurisdictions are shifting heavily toward service

Opinion | BY KELLY BLIDOOK, ROYCE KOOP, AND LESLEY ANNE FUGA | June 29, 2020

Politicians are often criticized about the work they do and the pay they receive for doing it. Whenever Parliament is in session, Members of

Under COVID-19 pandemic, MPs across parties and jurisdictions are shifting heavily toward service

Opinion | BY KELLY BLIDOOK, ROYCE KOOP, AND LESLEY ANNE FUGA | June 29, 2020

Politicians are often criticized about the work they do and the pay they receive for doing it. Whenever Parliament is in session, Members of

Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa Centre, Ont.), right, pictured June 1, 2020, arriving for that day's ministerial briefing for the media on the pandemic. Especially for MPs who have shifted their Ottawa staff to aid with constituency work, as many told us they had to do, there are legitimate questions about how soon and how effectively they could take on the same House responsibilities as they did pre-COVID, write Kelly Blidook, Royce Koop, and Lesley Anne Fuga who recently wrote an article on this issue in the Canadian Journal of Political Science. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade