Welcome to ‘bullshit theatre,’ as John Turner called it, or, the entertaining daily 45-minute Question Period

Claire Hoy once said, 'To really inform the public, journalists should be allowed to cover Cabinet--and the Commons could be closed to the public,' but is it fair to criticize Question Period simply because it's transparent?

It is the best part of Ottawa. Everyone ought to see it in person. It is brash and often ridiculous, but it's all that we, the people, have got.

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