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House Speaker Milliken's riding targeted by Conservatives

Candidates are lining up to run in Kingston-and-the-Islands after House Speaker and Liberal MP Peter Milliken announced he will not seek re-election in the riding he’s held for 22-years, and observers say it will be a tight and hard to … Continue reading

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Milliken to step aside

Peter Milliken is hanging up his Hansard. The longest-serving Speaker of the House of Commons has been reading the official record of parliamentary proceedings since he was a teen. Mr. Milliken announced Saturday that after 22 years as the Liberal … Continue reading

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There was a middle ground – and the Speaker found it (5)

The parliamentary system means government in Parliament and with Parliament, but not by Parliament. The Crown, as represented by the cabinet and prime minister, governs, but only retains its right to govern as long as it is supported by Parliament. … Continue reading

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Milliken ruling "clear as mud" (4)

The ruling has just been announced by the House Speaker and so we get this as the earliest report on the net from the CBC (there will be a lot more soon): The federal government breached parliamentary privilege with its … Continue reading

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