Keeping clips in context: MPs should convince Canadians with arguments, not edits

For a room designed to host debate, the House increasingly feels like a recording studio. Has its purpose shifted?

One simple procedural change could help: the House should continue to allow MPs to share any clip they please, but require that clips be unaltered and posted with additional context. Specifically, the House should require that clips include the full exchange, containing both the question and response, as well as a timestamped hyperlink to ParlVu. Image courtesy of Pexels.com

Opinion

June 24, 2024

For a room designed to host debate, the House increasingly feels like a recording studio. Has its purpose shifted? When MPs walk into the Chamber, what is more on their mind: how well their intervention will withstand rebuttal, or how well it will sound online when repackage...

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