Trudeau gets more done outside QP than inside

Trudeau speaking with aboriginal leaders on the issue of murdered and missing aboriginal women is a lot more positive than taking questions on the issue in the House of Commons.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is criticized for not attending most Question Periods, though he's accomplished more by being elsewhere, writes Sheila Copps.
OTTAWA—Question Period is the one hour a day that belongs to the opposition. So it is understandable that opposition members should chastise the prime minister for skipping the majority of Question Periods in his first year on the job. But it is also the reason that Justin Trudeau used his first...

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