Question Period

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Question Period

The best known part of the Assembly's agenda is Oral Question Period, which lasts for about 50 minutes. Question period gives private members an opportunity to question the Premier or a cabinet minister about "urgent and pressing matters" concerning ministers' areas of responsibility.

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Reproduced from the Teacher's Guide to the Alberta Legislature, 1993 with the kind permission of the Legislative Assembly Office.

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