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Originally Posted by Rerun
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.
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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.