How often does your MP speak up in the House of Commons?

Members of Parliament all receive the same base salary — $203,100 — but some spend much less time on their feet in the House of Commons than others.

Using data provided by the House of Commons, Radio-Canada ranked all 338 MPs on the number of times they've spoken in the Commons or exercised their right to vote in the current session of Parliament.

The amount of time MPs spend addressing the House tends to vary greatly depending on their caucus responsibilities and whether they're on the government or opposition benches. It can also depend on health problems that aren't always disclosed publicly.

The numbers compiled by Radio-Canada exclude MPs elected in byelections during the current session. Speakers and deputy Speakers of the House of Commons are also not included in the vote totals because they often abstain in the course of their duties.

In total, MPs stood to deliver speeches or statements in House of Commons 126,000 times during the current session, which works out to an average of 373 speeches or statements per MP since the 2021 federal election.

But 24 of those MPs stood to speak fewer than 50 times each during that period.

More than three-quarters of MPs have accumulated at least 800 votes each since the start of the current session in November 2021. But 13 MPs voted fewer than 700 times each during that same period.

Among party leaders, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has voted the least often during the current session (636 times), followed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (721 votes), NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh (762 votes) and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre (814 votes).

In a written statement, Blanchet acknowledged that he missed several votes despite the ability to vote remotely.

«I made the choice