Paul Wells in Conversation: Bob Rae

VIDEO: ‘The House has become a much more scripted and partisan place’

<p>Canada&#8217;s interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae speaks during a plenary session during the Liberal Biennial Convention in Ottawa January 14, 2012.<br />
Photo by Blair Gable for Maclean&#8217;s Magazine</p>

Canada’s interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae speaks during a plenary session during the Liberal Biennial Convention in Ottawa January 14, 2012.

“The House is much more partisan, scripted place and I don’t think it’s an improvement. I think it’s a deterioration in the quality of parliamentary life. I really do. I think things are getting worse.”