Speaker Of The Legislature

• B.C.’s new NDP government faces sticky speaker situation

  Under the rules of the B.C. legislature, no business can proceed without an MLA being selected to serve as speaker of the house. Tight election numbers make that a challenge.

  Crime

  Nov 1
  
• Who will be speaker of the legislature amid razor-thin BC NDP majority government?

  Returning MLAs will need to elect speaker of the legislature, whose job is to enforce parliamentary rules and keep the body functioning. But the job will be tricky this year.

  Politics

  Oct 29
  
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• N.S. premier refuses to discuss future of Speaker ahead of new legislature session

  Keith Bain's future remains clouded after PC government members and Houston's office confirmed last week that there had been discussions around ``succession planning'.'

  Politics

  Oct 12, 2022
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• Next Ontario government will decide fate of hidden Sir John A. Macdonald statue

  'It continues to be to covered until a decision can be made regarding its future,' a spokesperson for the Ontario Legislature told Global News.

  Politics

  May 23, 2022
• Speaker of New Brunswick legislature apologizes for comments that were deemed as harassment

  Chris Collins stood in front of the legislature building on Monday, and spoke for the first time since news of the harassment allegations emerged four months ago.

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2018
• N.B. official languages commissioner Katherine d’Entremont announces her retirement

  New Brunswick’s commissioner of official languages will be retiring in July.

  Politics

  Apr 13, 2018
• Kelowna-Mission MLA Steve Thomson elected Speaker of the BC Legislature

  The B.C. Legislature finally has a speaker... but they may not keep the job long.

  Politics

  Jun 22, 2017
• BC Liberal MLA says he turned down NDP-Green speaker offer three times

  One Liberal MLA says the NDP-Green alliance has offered him the speaker's job three times.

  Politics

  Jun 19, 2017