As Parliament Returns, Party Leaders Make Trips Elsewhere

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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As the Parliament returns from break and all MPs plan to return back to Ottawa today, Canadians should not expect party leaders to face off every day in question period as in the past. Although there is more than a year left till the October 2015 fixed election date, the federal party strategists believe that more votes could be gained by travelling to communities across Canada rather than sitting in the House of Commons.

There is a series of international trips scheduled ahead for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, including the APEC summit in China and the G20 leaders summit in to Australia. He is also scheduled to visit New York City to address the UN General Assembly this year, after leaving Canada’s address to the foreign affairs minister for the past three years.

Whereas on the other hand, NDP leader Mr. Mulcair has also planned to stay out of the House more frequently. Although the party brags regularly about its attendance record, it has realized that their leaders’ effectiveness against Harper in question period hasn’t helped his profile among voters. Hence, it is believed that being in communities is the best way to earn support ahead of next fall. NDP House leader, Peter Julian, admitted that “Mr. Harper has tried to avoid being in question period often,” and “I think we’re going to be looking to make sure when Mr. Harper is absent that we take the most effective strategy for folks to hear Tom and understand where Tom would be leading the country.”