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.

Northwest Territories MP Michael McLeod said some 'flexibility on the Fridays and Mondays' would help MPs with large ridings visit more places in their constituencies.Photograph courtesy of the House of Commons

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BY TAYLOR BLEWETT

August 28, 2017

Time-strapped MPs in remote ridings would welcome adjustments to the House of Commons calendar, but making those changes is easier said than done For Liberal MP Michael McLeod (Northwest Territories), Parliament’s summer recess provides welcome reprieve from hours of flying between his riding and...

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