{"id":4593,"date":"2017-12-12T12:09:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T19:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=4593"},"modified":"2017-12-12T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T00:09:17","slug":"canadian-mps-browsing-phones-question-period-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/canadian-mps-browsing-phones-question-period-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are Canadian MPs browsing their phones during question period at the Parliament?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.macleans.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DEC11_HOC_PHONES_POST01.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">Illustration by Kagan McLeod<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">Why are Canadian MPs browsing their phones during question period at the Parliament?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">Whether they\u2019re on Facebook, checking messages or even playing video games, mobile device use in the House is out of control&#8230;.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">Catherine McIntyre, MACLEAN<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">December 12, 2017:\u00a0It\u2019s a Wednesday afternoon in the House, and Andrew Scheer is at Bill Morneau\u2019s throat trying to tear a chunk of meat off. Minutes before Question Period, the Conservative leader called for the finance minister\u2019s resignation over conflict-of-interest questions that broke hard on the heels of controversy over his small-business tax plan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">A resignation isn\u2019t remotely likely, but Scheer is looking to draw QP blood. With the pool cameras fixed squarely on the speakers, as required by the rules on televising House proceedings, the scene translates on screen as a heated and consequential skirmish.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">But beyond the allowed camera angles, the atmosphere is heavy with routine slouches punctuated by restless fidgeting. Many elected officials appear not to notice the debate unfolding before them, and nearly half are preoccupied with something in the palms of their hands.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">From 2:20 p.m. to 2:40 p.m. on Nov. 29\u2014while Scheer was having at Morneau\u2014three Maclean\u2019s reporters tallied the number of phones, tablets and laptops they could see in use in the packed chamber. From the press gallery vantage point above the Speaker\u2019s chair it\u2019s impossible to collect exact statistics (photographs are prohibited), but an estimate for that moment puts 40 devices in the hands of the Liberals, and 50 in use on the opposition side of the aisle.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">In Justin Trudeau\u2019s front bench, Ralph Goodale and Chrystia Freeland are glued to their screens. Carolyn Bennett and Jane Philpott gab with each other between clicks and scrolls. Bill Casey taps away on his red-cased tablet, and Nick Whalen is enthralled with a video game\u2014probably Clash of Clans, he later admits\u2014on his iPad.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">Among Conservatives facing them, Dave MacKenzie refreshes his Twitter feed, Mike Lake checks Facebook, Ted Falk surveys the stock market, and Todd Doherty scrolls back and forth between his phone\u2019s home pages as if waiting to be beckoned by notification alert. When nothing pops up, he takes out a small cloth and polishes the fingerprints off his device.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">It isn\u2019t exactly revelatory to note that handheld devices pervade about every nook and cranny of contemporary life, pushing and pulling on productivity. Visitors, however, might assume that the tradition-saturated heart of Canadian democracy, the House of Commons\u2014where each MP sits as a representative of some 100,000 of their countrymen and women\u2014would be an exception to these bad manners and the continually clicking rule.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">MACLEAN<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustration by Kagan McLeod Why are Canadian MPs browsing their phones during question period at the Parliament? Whether they\u2019re on Facebook, checking messages or even playing video games, mobile device use in the House is out of control&#8230;. 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