A daily 45-minute period in the House of Commons and a 30-minute period in the Senate when the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Ministers and committee chairs are asked questions about their areas of responsibility (also known as Oral Questions).
The period during a parliamentary day which lasts for 60 minutes. The opposition and government members ask questions about government activity.
See oral question period.
a 45-minute session held daily in the Canadian House of Commons during which private members direct questions at the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers who must respond in some fashion. The media allocate considerable time to the coverage of Question Period, which in Canada is considered a primary mechanism to hold ministers to account, especially by the Opposition.
Question Period is also the name of a Canadian television program. For this entry, see Question Period (TV series).
Question Period is a Canadian television newsmagazine which airs weekly on CTV. The program, which takes its name from the parliamentary process of Question Period, is an interview and panel discussion series on Canadian politics, similar in format to the American program Meet the Press.