Speaker
How the B.C. Speaker should manage a messy House
Advice from former Commons Speaker Peter Milliken, who knows a thing or two about handling hung parliaments
A new Speaker of the House for a new kind of Parliament?
Geoff Regan is now the Speaker of the House. What impact will he have—or can he have—on how parliamentary work is done?
Is the Speaker responsible for Parliament?
Sort of. But he shares that with 307 other MPs
The complicated matter of James Bezan and Shelly Glover
The NDP appeals to the Speaker
Mark Warawa and the Conservative backbenchers won
Thoughts on a small, but potentially useful, victory
The Speaker’s ruling on the case of Mark Warawa
No breach of privilege, but an opening for the uprising to continue
The Backbench Spring: Brent Rathgeber on Justin Trudeau’s gambit
A lukewarm reception from a government backbencher
How to make the House a little bit safer for Mark Warawa
Take the power away from the parties
‘There may be some exceptions in those African dictatorships’
How about less party discipline and a stricter Speaker?
Let’s all fret about our democracy (and the monarchy)
The At Issue panel takes viewer questions.
The Speaker on Parliament
The Speaker returned to the House yesterday with a response to the points of order raised on November 28 by Nathan Cullen and Peter Van Loan, particularly Mr. Van Loan’s concerns about the opposition’s ability to subject bills to multiple votes.
The Speaker on decorum
Before the House rose last night for Christmas, the Speaker delivered a statement on decorum.