Why Are Seats in Most Canadian Legislatures Arranged on Opposite

question 99

Multiple Choice

Why are seats in most Canadian legislatures arranged on opposite sides of the chamber?

• A) to facilitate adversarial debate
• B) to foster consensus-building
• C) to allow room for the monarch's representative in the centre
• D) to symbolize the division between the upper and lower classes

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