The Pollcast: The theatre of question period

The CBCPollcast, hosted by CBC poll analyst and ThreeHundredEight.com founder ric Grenier, explores the world of electoralpolitics,political polls and the trends they reveal.

The CBC Election Pollcast21:29Order! Let's talk about Question Period.

MPs are back in Ottawa for the first time in 2016 and the Pollcast is all about QP: Has it changed? How MIGHT it change? CBC senior writer Aaron Wherry is our guest.

With a new government in Ottawa wanting to bring a new tone to politics and makechanges to the way things work in the House of Commons, has question period changed at all?

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The daily grilling of the government has long been derided as a showcase for everything that is wrong with politics partisanship, grandstanding, heckling, and the low threshold of substance demanded for both questions and answers.

What might improve question period? Is it realistic to expect any significant changes under the Liberals?

The CBC's Aaron Wherry, who has closely observed question period for years, joins host ric Grenier to discuss what it is like to watchfrom the gallery and what the television cameras miss.

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