Prime Minister Stephen Harper will give tomorrow what is usually one of the major speeches for any prime minister during any given session of Parliament: The reply to the Speech from the Throne. He will rise in the House of Commons to deliver those remarks at about 10:45 a.m. on Thursday.
You can watch that speech on CPAC and, via the Web, through the House of Commons ParlVu streaming Web site.
Now, though, the PMO is taking that speech even farther out into cyberspace, promising to stream it live on YouTube.
It will be the first time that a Prime Minister's speech in the House of Commons will be appearing live on YouTube. The PM has already made extensive use of YouTube — and other social media such as Twitter and Facebook — where viewers can find video archives of various prime ministerial speeches.
The PMO says the speech will be streamed at www.youtube.com/TalkCanada
I really wish people would stop saying that he's doing it “live” on YouTube. YouTube videos (from my understanding) can only be uploaded, hence they must be completed before distributing. I would assume that they're just going to put it online immediately after it happens. But it won't be live. Unless the PMO has something else in mind?