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Old 12-10-2008, 04:27 PM   #94
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Originally Posted by Rerun View Post
Yeah. In 2007 the House of Commons sat for 115 days.
I mean, how tough is that to show up for work 115 days out of 365?

In 2008 they sat for 97 days.
In 2006 it was 99.
And Question Period is 45 minutes.

Yeah. I know they supposedly to a lot of constituency work, committee stuff, and so on, but how does the public actually know if they are attending?

My MP (and MLA, for that matter) has been a backbencher for as long as I have lived in the riding, and other than the Annual Christmas message with the picture of them on the Hill, I wouldn't know they had ever actually been to Ottawa.
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