Cabinet ministers should be defending policies, not just House Leader Van Loan, say experts

But Government House Leader Peter Van Loan, a 'political animal and a party animal,' revels in the daily 45-minute oral Question Period jousting and insults.

Government House Leader Peter Van Loan answered 244 questions during Question Period between May 1 and the first week of June, 110 of them in the last week of May, and some experts say his dominance in Question Period is detracting from the doctrine of ministerial responsibility.

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