mpjgregoire, 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago)

@jerome
Here, watch the video from the first televised Question Period: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/from-1977-the-house-of-commons-enters-the-tv-era-1.4863882 So much more intelligent than a modern QP, no? Why, the PM even gave a genuine answer to the question...

Mr. Clark and PM Trudeau had learned their parliamentary craft before cameras came in and the point became to gain a 30 second clip on the evening news.

I'm not saying that parliamentary debate in Canada was some Socratic ideal in the past, but it really was better.

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