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Fragile constitutional framework conventions contravened

OPINION: We need to pay more attention to the possible degrading of our constitutional conventions.

NBR columnist Brigitte Morten speaks with Brent Edwards.

In the past week, three incidents have demonstrated just how fragile our constitutional framework is. None of them involved breaking a law but they all broke important convention.

In Parliament, Minister of Education Jan Tinetti appeared before the Privileges Committee because she misled the House.

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