We have been warned for years

“Representative democracy is in trouble,” the report reads. “Members of Parliament have been drifting away for decades from the essential work citizens require of them — of legislation, representation and scrutiny. It’s getting worse.”

‘Show business for ugly people’: ex-MPs look back at days on Hill

They once held the country’s most powerful positions but after exiting the House of Commons in the last election these 54 MPs aren’t holding back on the state of parliamentary democracy.

It’s “show business for ugly people,” as one former politician put it.

Read more: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/06/12/show-business-for-ugly-people-ex-mps-look-back-at-days-on-hill.html