Our lawmakers have been behaving outrageously recently as shown by the spate of parliamentary session collapses, including those on July 27, Aug 3, Aug 10 and Aug 11, due to the lack of a quorum.
A quorum is the minimum number of MPs that must be present for a vote on a bill to take place. Yet many absences preventing a quorum were not justified with a good reason, leading many to question the motivation for such a brazen disregard for the legislative process among MPs and senators.
