Why your MP’s little newsletter needs to be archived online permanently:
“Householder” – newsletters paid for by the House of Commons that Canada Post distributes at no charge to all households in each MP’s electoral district. You may have seen one in your mailbox, though maybe all you saw was your MPs’ smiling face as you tossed it into a recycling bin.
MPs and their staff devote a considerable amount of time to assembling these tabloid-size brochures because householders are arguably the best way to reach all constituents, including those who do not follow MPs on social media or subscribe to their email newsletters.
The considerable challenges we experienced trying to collect these taxpayer-funded public documents reveal some disturbing truths about the partisan paranoia running amok across Parliament Hill.
Lots of MPs and their staff were terrific, and enthusiastically supplied the documents electronically or by mail.
However, Why did 63 per cent of MPs refuse to make their householders available?
The main reason that MPs are so secretive about their householders seems to be fear of getting in trouble.
Why your MP’s little newsletter needs to be archived online permanently
“Householder” – newsletters paid for by the House of Commons that Canada Post distributes at no charge to all households in each MP’s electoral district. You may have seen one in your mailbox, though maybe all you saw was your MPs’ smiling face as you tossed it into a recycling bin.
MPs and their staff devote a considerable amount of time to assembling these tabloid-size brochures because householders are arguably the best way to reach all constituents, including those who do not follow MPs on social media or subscribe to their email newsletters.
The considerable challenges we experienced trying to collect these taxpayer-funded public documents reveal some disturbing truths about the partisan paranoia running amok across Parliament Hill.
Lots of MPs and their staff were terrific, and enthusiastically supplied the documents electronically or by mail.
However, Why did 63 per cent of MPs refuse to make their householders available?
The main reason that MPs are so secretive about their householders seems to be fear of getting in trouble. |Read more https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/march-2023/mp-newsletters-householders/|
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