Extreme partisanship to blame for sustained spike in time allocation, ex-MPs say

‘The challenge is for people to actually act like grown-ups, work behind the scenes,’ says former Conservative House leader Jay Hill.

Former House leaders say the spike in time allocation that's continued under the Liberal government shows the current MPs in that role aren't working well together. From left: NDP House leader Ruth Ellen Brosseau, Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, and Conservative House leader Candice Bergen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 20, 2018

The Liberal government’s increasing use of time allocation to shorten debate, combined with opposition parties’ procedural tactics to eat up time reveals a broken relationship between House leaders, say some of their predecessors, who described a more collegial at...

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