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MP Michael Chong Proposes Reforms to Encourage Civility in Parliament

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September 13, 2010

ARPA Note: Consider sending Mr. Chong a thank you note and CC your MP as an encouragement for them to support changes that make political discourse more honourable.

National Post, Sept 13, 2010 OTTAWA — Canadians disgusted by the political antics of question period have a champion in the House of Commons. Conservative backbench MP Michael Chong has proposed reforms to the daily 45-minute session to make it more respectable and productive and to turn it away from what he says it has become — a spectacle resembling how gladiators fought for the bloodthirsty crowds in the Roman Colosseum. Read more

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