"It's My Party" media coverage

Below are the highlights of the coverage of Samara's latest report, "It's My Party": Parliamentary Dysfunction Reconsidered, including editorials, news stories, and radio shows.

Pundits in papers from both left and right were actively in calling for further discussion on the issues raised in the report:

• The editorial board of the Ottawa Citizen notes that even with a change in seats per party in the House, we might not see a big change in the way politics is practiced in Ottawa.
• The Toronto Star is calling for "an end to potted plants," and a bigger role for individual MPs in Parliament.
• Chris Selley of the National Post writes that, what with all the fresh faces filling the ranks of the official opposition, the NDP might be forced to live up to their promise to officially oppose the government in a "more dignified manner."

Nearly every major paper across the country carried a story, a sample is available below:

• The National Post
  
• The Toronto Star
• The Globe and Mail
• The Winnipeg Free Press
• CBC News
• The Times & Transcript
• iPolitics.ca
• J-Source.ca

Samara's co-founders Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan were also interviewed on a number of radio programs from across the country. You can listen to a podcast of Alison being interviewed on CBC's The Current here, followed by an interview with Randy White and Jean Augustine, two MPs who participated in the project.

CTV News also carried an interview on the report, available here.

Finally, Steve Paikin conducted a feature interview with Alison Loat, which you can watch below.

We hope you find this coverage of interest. As always, if you have something to say, please leave a comment below, or contact us directly.