[The Mississauga Muse]

Goin' to the well here. If you-all can't answer this no one can. I need to do a calculation and therefore I need to know what the average workday is for these people so I can get hours/per year.

And I can't include a 24 hour day because there's sleep involved and "maintenance' such as eating, showering, toilet (although I'm sure some Blackberry from there).

I need to know ---hours on the job/year.

For councillor of a 500,000 plus city.

MPP.

MP.


I have a "theory" and it can be proven.... Ready?

The elected officials who work the least are also the most accountable.

 

[allabootmatt]

I have known some MPs pretty well...their workday is often loooooonnnngggg. Like 9-9.

 

[The Mississauga Muse]

I have known some MPs pretty well...their workday is often loooooonnnngggg. Like 9-9.

Yep, I believe that. Only time I ever talked to an MPP was in December when I sat in on the Bill 130 Standing Committee meetings. During that last evening meeting that went to well past 7:30 at night, they finally passed that evil wad of paper.

Anyway, I was on my way out of Queen's Park and there's these big ol' stairs there and I see MPP Michael Prue come towards me and then up the stairs. And he stops, turns and says "Change of clothes. This is my other job" and it was clear he had yet another meeting to go to. Something that required robes.

From trying to help Ontario citizens in the Bill 130 hearings to something even later that night.

12 hour days I can believe. Still, I'd surely love to know what the average is though...

Thanks for your help.

 

[unimaginative2]

MPs hours in particular are endless, especially if their riding is far from Ottawa. The average MP is in Ottawa from Monday to Thursday when the house is in session, they spend Friday in their constituency office meeting with people, and then weekends are devoted to barbeques, community events, fundraisers, etc. The house usually has day and evening sittings. If they're trying to pass a bill, they can sit well past midnight. In my experience, they usually leave on the first flight (around 5:30am) out to Ottawa on Monday mornings so they can spend Sunday evening with their families. Of course that's only if you're in Quebec or Ontario and the flight isn't that long. Some MPs have a 10 hour journey or more to get back to their families. Strangely enough, the longest seemed to be some poor guys out in backwoods New Brunswick who had to change planes four times. In the summer, MPs tend to keep regular office hours at their constituency offices, while devoting the evenings and weekends to the same barbeques, fundraisers, community meetings, etc.