Abusing parliamentary privilege: it’s not a good thing

It's high time Parliamentarians of both the House of Commons and the Senate established a joint committee to modernize and clarify Parliamentary privilege in Canada. Now.

The first–and most important–thing that new Members of Parliament learn about Parliamentary privilege is that they enjoy absolute freedom of speech when participating in proceedings of the House of Commons and its committees. This Parliamentary freedom of speech is greater than the fr...

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