Upper Kirby
TNPer
In the UK and other Commonwealth nations there is a tradition where once a week or so (daily in Canada) when Parliament is in session the Prime Minister (First Minister in Scotland) and various ministers of his government stand before the House of Common and take questions from MPs on various things. There are some exceptions, such as matters currently before the courts are usually not acceptable, but otherwise it's a lax sort of policy. And it often gets very contentious and rowdy, lots of Who's Shouting Loudest and maybe some fisticuffs if we're lucky, which is my favorite part of it all.
I ran a populist campaign, champion of mice and men, transparency in government, that sort of thing, so I voluntarily submit myself before public chopping block (just a joke, we hope). Since we're a unicameral set-up our House of Commons is the Regional Assembly as a whole (as well ought to be), so in the future we may do these in the Regional Assembly forum, but for now we'll try it out in the PMO to see how it works out. I reckon we'll lock this thread after a few days, then start another one about this time next week, but we'll see how everything works out first.
This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I will have further such meetings later today.
I ran a populist campaign, champion of mice and men, transparency in government, that sort of thing, so I voluntarily submit myself before public chopping block (just a joke, we hope). Since we're a unicameral set-up our House of Commons is the Regional Assembly as a whole (as well ought to be), so in the future we may do these in the Regional Assembly forum, but for now we'll try it out in the PMO to see how it works out. I reckon we'll lock this thread after a few days, then start another one about this time next week, but we'll see how everything works out first.
This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I will have further such meetings later today.