Question Period

British

noun

French name: questions orales. Official name: Oral Questions. (sometimes not capital) a period of time set aside each day for members of parliament to question government ministers Compare question time

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“This is obviously a very serious situation in Niagara Falls,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Parliament, as he excused himself from Question Period in the House of Commons to be briefed further.

From Washington Times

“This is obviously a very serious situation in Niagara Falls,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Parliament, before he excused himself from Question Period in the House of Commons to be briefed further.

From Seattle Times

Boebert used the majority of her five-minute question period to yell at the witnesses about her personal acccount.

From Salon

"That is exactly what we are doing, and that is what we're going to continue to do in the budget that I will present to this house on April 7," Freeland said during question period in parliament.

From Reuters

“The reasons why we had to bring forward these measures, unfortunately, still exist,” he said on CTV’s Question Period.

From Washington Post

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