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Northern MPs tout merits of no Friday sittings, early summer breaks to see constituents

With MPs for ridings such as the Northwest Territories and the Yukon requiring much more time to visit communities in their large constituencies, ideas like no Friday sittings and electronic voting appeal to them.

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BY TAYLOR BLEWETT
August 28, 2017

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With MPs for ridings such as the Northwest Territories and the Yukon requiring much more time to visit communities in their large constituencies, ideas like no Friday sittings and electronic voting appeal to them.

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Northern MPs tout merits of no Friday sittings, early summer breaks to see constituents

With MPs for ridings such as the Northwest Territories and the Yukon requiring much more time to visit communities in their large constituencies, ideas like no Friday sittings and electronic voting appeal to them.

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