This isn’t the halcyon era of heckling

We have moved from the days of parliamentary plays to an environment rife with true personal animus, and collective disdain.
Conservative MP Garnett Genuis speaks in the House on Sept. 26. Parliament is meant to be passionate, but the personal attacks need to stop, writes Tim Powers.

OTTAWA—When I was a little younger, I used to be a bouncer—security person at a bar, for those not familiar—whose duty it was to remove patrons if they were too rowdy and dangerous to others. Things would get a little hairy from time to time, but that was expected on G...

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