While oral questions in the House of Commons are seldom answered to anyone’s satisfaction, written questions from opposition MPs to ministers are often much more revealing. For example, take Elections Canada’s use of “influencers” on social media to encourage young Canadians, new immigrants and people with disabilities to vote. The campaign was scrapped when it was revealed that some of the 13 influencers had engaged in past activities that could be deemed partisan. No wonder – one written answer revealed that take-up has been light between September and December – just 3,252 applications for an average amount of $15,774. As the old parliamentary precept goes – it’s called question period, not answer period.

Source: National Post January 29, 2020 22:41 UTC