Canadian Prime Minister Shuts Down Question Period; Opposition Holds It On Twitter Instead
On Monday afternoon, Canadian opposition party the New Democrats (NDP) hosted a virtual question period on Twitter… three days after Stephen Harper, Canada’s Prime Minister, shut it down.
Canadian politicians were alerted on Friday that they wouldn’t have to come to work for another month. Prime Minister Harper’s request to prorogue Parliament had been granted that afternoon, which meant that the current session of Parliament came to an end.
In this case, Mr. Harper prorogued Parliament because most of legislation he sought to pass since the beginning of the session two years ago had been passed – but not all politicians were happy with the extended vacation.
As the CBC reports, the NDP decided to host question period – a roughly 45-minute daily session where politicians can question the government on issues of the day – on Twitter since they couldn’t do it in person.
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