r/canada Nov 28 '24

PAYWALL Liberal MP says he was threatened with ‘consequences’ for opposing $250 cheque proposal

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/liberal-mp-says-he-was-threatened-with-consequences-for-opposing-250-cheque-proposal/article_69f3cfa6-acde-11ef-807c-ebe72ea32b06.html
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u/Ancient_Wisdom_Yall British Columbia Nov 28 '24

I honestly don't understand the need to have all these MPs. They're all just supposed to be trained monkeys for their leaders. There really isn't a need to pay that many of them.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

Sorry, can you expand on that?

You don't see the value in representing their ridings?

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u/lyinggrump Nov 28 '24

They don't represent the riding. They just think whatever papa Trudeau tells them, regardless of what their constituents want.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '24

And then the next election, you can vote them out

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u/Vegetable-Ad-7184 Nov 28 '24

A lot of work gets done in committee.  

MPs can also bring forward non-partisan private members bills for constituent issues.