One of the Speaker’s understudies gets tough
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Speaker Scheer’s 2nd Annual Hilloween Party
Speaker Andrew Scheer hosted his second annual Hilloween party for MPs, staffers and all their children.
Live: A very long night for a very long bill
Welcome to Aaron Wherry’s live coverage of tonight’s C-38 votes
In the midnight hour
With the NDP’s Matthew Kellway on his feet addressing the House, debate of Bill C-6 has now carried over into a new day, at least so far as the outside world is concerned. Mr. Kellway is not quite electric, but the discussion remains mostly on topic*.
The new Speaker, Starbucks and ice cream
While Andrew Scheer (below) became the new Speaker, other Conservatives tried their best to win over votes.
Who will be the next Speaker of the House?
LIVE BLOG: Aaron Wherry reports from the Speaker’s election
For your consideration: Barry Devolin
Next in our series on the prospective speakers, Barry Devolin, the MP for Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock. His answers are after the jump.
‘I’m asking my fellow MPs to imagine a Parliament that functions well’
The NDP’s Denise Savoie has officially entered the race to be the next Speaker of the House. From the news release:
Place your bets
The Canadian Press widens the current field to replace Peter Milliken as Speaker to six MPs, all of them Conservatives.
The next Speaker of the House
Conservative MPs Andrew Scheer (who served as deputy speaker during the last Parliament) and Barry Devolin (who served as an assistant speaker) will apparently seek to replace Peter Milliken as Speaker of the House of Commons. NDP MP Joe Comartin, who sought the Speaker’s chair in 2008, apparently won’t do so this time around.