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Screens line the rear wall of the temporary House of Commons chamber in the Sir John A. Macdonald building in Ottawa. The screens allow MPs to virtually join in to any proceedings. (Christian ...
It would be a model 21st-century parliamentary chamber that would demonstrate what the House of Commons could look like if it were fundamentally reformed. Such a model chamber would be designed to ...
Charles Barry’s original mid-Victorian House of Commons chamber became one of the most high-profile casualties of the Blitz when it was destroyed in May 1941. Its reconstruction after the war would be ...
The House of Commons chamber descended into a shouting match after the ex-Tory health minister was slapped down by the deputy speaker for 'behaving abominably'. The dressing down of Victoria ...
Jennie the guide dog enjoys being in the House of Commons chamber because she knows she can get a “good lie down”, according to her MP. The Liberal Democrats’ furriest frontbencher ...
Plamandon is back in the chair, and informs the House of Commons that a new speaker has been duly elected — and it is — the member for Lac – Saint Louis, Que., Francis Scarpaleggia, who was definitely ...
As such, it can claim popular sovereignty as well as the right to rule. The House of Commons is the first chamber of Parliament and is also called the Lower House. It is probably the institution most ...
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau made it his practice to answer all questions in the House of Commons on Wednesdays, a gesture he said was meant to improve accountability.
The last Speaker, Mark Fergus, will face off against half a dozen contenders when Parliament returns Monday to vote on who ...
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will address his caucus on Sunday as they prepare to return to the House of Commons without him in the chamber. Poilievre's remarks are scheduled to be ...