Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, June 13, 2023.
Members of Parliament all receive the same base salary — $203,100 — but some spend much less time on their feet in the House of Commons than others.Among party leaders, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet has voted the least often in the House of Commons during the current session. Members of Parliament all receive the same base salary — $203,100 — but some spend much less time on their feet in the House of Commons than others.
In total, MPs stood to deliver speeches or statements in House of Commons 126,000 times during the current session, which works out to an average of 373 speeches or statements per MP since the 2021 federal election.More than three-quarters of MPs have accumulated at least 800 votes each since the start of the current session in November 2021. But 13 MPs voted fewer than 700 times each during that same period.
Liberal Yves Robillard, who represents a riding in Laval, is the least vocal among the current crop of MPs. He has spoken only twice in the House of Commons this year, and only once in 2023. The second least-vocal MP on the list is Conservative Ron Liepert, who announced last year that he is not running in the next election. The MP for Calgary Signal Hill, first elected in 2015, has stood up only 12 times in the House since the last federal election in 2021.Overall, the list of MPs who have spoken the least often in the House since 2021 is dominated by Liberal backbenchers.
Alain Rayes, who was elected as a Conservative but became an Independent MP after Pierre Poilievre became the Conservative leader in 2022, votes less often than most of his colleagues in the House.
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