After the federal government’s new electoral reform website was widely mocked online yesterday, several members of Parliament appeared to be having fun poking holes in the project in the House of Commons today.

The online electoral reform quiz, which launched Monday, includes several questions on electoral values, priorities and reform preferences. At the end, respondents are sorted into one of five categories: Guardian, Challenger, Pragmatist, Cooperator or Innovator — each roughly grouping those who prefer the voting system status quo and those who would like to see a significant change in how Canadians vote.

Critics on social media have called the questions simplistic and misleading, and have compared them to online personality quizzes. The blowback spawned the hashtag #RejectedERQs on Twitter, where critics created mock questions to ridicule what they suggested was a process designed either to fail or to favour the prime minister’s preferred option of a ranked ballot system.

Nathan Cullen, the NDP’s critic for democratic reform, called the government’s electoral reform process a “mesmerizing disaster in slow motion” and said the survey turned into “a dumpster fire on social media” immediately after going live.

“I’ve got a question for the minister inspired by her own survey — does she believe seats in Parliament should be allocated based on popular vote, or based on the outcome of rock, paper, scissors?” asked Cullen, followed by thunderous laughter and applause.

#QP: @nathancullen: Does Min. believe seats shld be allocated by rock, paper, scissors? @MaryamMonsef: Pleased that Cdns involved w survey pic.twitter.com/l3dKPkOQwc — CPAC (@CPAC_TV) December 6, 2016

Reid, the Conservative party’s critic for democratic institutions, chose to ridicule the categories into which respondents are placed.

“Based on your responses, the website groups you as a guardian, a challenger, a cooperator, a fossil or a snowflake. I found out I’m a unicorn,” Reid joked. “The shared values of unicorns include rainbows, sparkles and ranked ballot.

“My question to the minister is this — will she now share with Canadians the identity of the academics who advised the Liberals to model their survey on the Sorting Hat at Hogwarts?”

#QP @ScottReidCPC Will Min. share the names of academics that advised on survey? @MaryamMonsef Abt reaching out to Cdns not engaged in convo pic.twitter.com/EK8yvISmlm — CPAC (@CPAC_TV) December 6, 2016

Maryam Monsef, the minister for democratic institutions, continued to defend the website for the second day in a row.

“We are pleased that so many Canadians are involved in mydemocracy.ca and engaging in the questions,” she said. “This questionnaire is about reaching out to those Canadians who are not engaged in this conversation. This engagement initiative is about hearing from as many voices as possible before we make a decision.”

Monsef was interrupted by raucous laughter after she mentioned the name of the CEO of Vox Pop Labs — the Toronto-based company that created the website — leading the Speaker to intervene and implore MPs to quiet down.

“I think we can all agree that we are proud of Canadian scientists,” Monsef said, provoking yet another outburst from the opposition side of the aisle.

The Liberal government campaigned on a promise to do away with Canada’s first-past-the-post voting system and committed to introduce legislation to enact electoral reform within 18 months of forming government.