An important issue is that the House didn't lose any sitting time as a result of eliminating the Friday sittings, because they sat earlier. For example, at that time we didn't meet until 2 p.m. on individual days. Now we meet at 10 a.m. on Mondays, we meet at 12 noon on Tuesdays, and we meet at 9 a.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays. All those hours that the House was sitting on a Friday were absorbed into longer hours on the other four days.
\nThe answer is...I don't know. I'm not sure I was really around at the time the Friday sittings disappeared. I can't recall that there was any particular reaction because it wasn't as though the House was sitting fewer hours.
", "fr": "Il importe de souligner que la suppression des s\u00e9ances du vendredi n'a pas entra\u00een\u00e9 de diminution du nombre d'heures dans la session, puisque les s\u00e9ances commencent plus t\u00f4t. Par exemple, \u00e0 l'\u00e9poque, nous ne nous r\u00e9unissions pas avant 14 heures chaque jour. Aujourd'hui, nous commen\u00e7ons \u00e0 10 heures les lundis, \u00e0 midi les mardis et \u00e0 9 heures les mercredis et les jeudis. Toutes les heures pendant lesquelles les d\u00e9put\u00e9s si\u00e9geaient le vendredi ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9parties sur l'horaire des quatre autres jours.
\nEn fait, je l'ignore. Je ne suis pas certain, je n'\u00e9tais pas l\u00e0 quand les s\u00e9ances du vendredi ont \u00e9t\u00e9 supprim\u00e9es. Je ne pense pas que cette d\u00e9cision ait suscit\u00e9 une r\u00e9action particuli\u00e8re, puisque les heures de la session n'ont pas diminu\u00e9.
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