Constituency Offices: Negative Reputation

Incoming Members Dept: OTTAWA -- Federal politics has developed such a negative reputation that former MPs prefer to cast themselves as outsiders who did what they could to buck the system, a new report shows, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The interviews, said Samara executive director Alison Loat, were fascinating because of how many MPs said, directly or indirectly, that little of value was ever accomplished on the floor of the House of Commons and departing MPs said their best work was done in constituency offices or caucus, not in the House of Commons. CNS THE OTTAWA CITIZEN Samara Canada, a charitable organization that studies citizen engagement, today will release its fourth and final report based on exit interviews with 65 former MPs. This report focuses on advice to incoming members of parliament as well as how the MPs themselves functioned during their time in Ottawa. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.