{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Policy Options","provider_url":"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/","author_name":"vkurzawa","author_url":"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/author\/vkurzawa\/","title":"Demystifying the role of parliamentary staffers","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"t8qjcaVJxG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/2016\/07\/demystifying-the-role-of-parliamentary-staffers\/\">Demystifying the role of parliamentary staffers<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/fr\/2016\/07\/demystifying-the-role-of-parliamentary-staffers\/embed\/#?secret=t8qjcaVJxG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Demystifying the role of parliamentary staffers\u00a0\u00bb &#8212; Policy Options\" data-secret=\"t8qjcaVJxG\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/potestlaunch.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/WordPress-Image-parliament-1-1-1024x358.png","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":358,"description":"Much has been written about the roles members of Parliament play, but surprisingly little is publicly known or discussed about Canada\u2019s parliamentary staffers. The pejorative label \u201cthe boys in short pants\u201d has recently been used to describe some staffers; others have been called \u00a0\u201cruthless, cutthroat psychopaths\u201d and \u201c25-year-old jihadis.\u201d (Those latter two quotes were from [&hellip;]"}