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On Sunday, Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff wrote to Parliamentary Speaker Peter Milliken asking that stringent new guidelines be imposed on MPs' use of "tenpercenters," the free mailings each MP may send to voters in ridings other than his or her own. Members of Parliament are permitted to send such far-flung flyers, brochures or postcards -- equal in number "to a maximum of 10% of...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A special reception was held at the NAC to honour Peter Milliken, who recently became Canada’s longest serving Speaker. The food was crap, but the place was packed. Below is the Speaker and Labour Minister Rona Ambrose. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. Heather Bradley from the Speaker’s office. Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt. Liberal MP Ralph Goodale. Immigration Minister Jason...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The Canadian Foundation for Innovation held a reception in Speaker Peter Milliken’s dining room. Below is Liberal MP Justin Trudeau. NDP MP Dennis Bevington. Conservative MP Mark Warawa. The Bloc. Liberal MP Alexandra Mendes (left) and Bloc MP Claude Bachand (right). Linda Saucier from the University of Laval. Philip Jessep from Queen’s University. Chris Herdman from Carlton University....
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Our local MP, Peter Milliken, recently became the longest-serving Speaker in the history of the House of Commons. Wednesday night in Ottawa there was a big party at which he was feted, sponsored oddly enough by a lobbying firm. Eight-and-a-half years is not that long really, given that many MPs marinate leisurely in the House for twice that time. Indeed, Milliken himself has been the MP for Kingston...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
After Question Period yesterday, and after the House had finished celebrating the career of Peter Milliken, Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt rose on the following point of privilege. Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, the member for Mississauga South rose in the House and accused me of intimidation. I was not in the chamber when he raised [...]
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Speaker Peter Milliken talks to the Globe and considers the House he has presided over longer than anyone else. Q: How much has the Hill changed, or what’s changed the most? A: I think the biggest change has been in the increased partisanship in the House. When I was first elected we had morning sittings and a [...]
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Peter Milliken, who has now served in his post longer than anyone else, explains what's wrong with Parliament today
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The Canadian Pork Council held a special reception at the Sheraton hotel. Below, Liberal MP Mark Eyking. Eyking with some of the pork being served. Eyking with Jurgen Preugschas, President of The Canadian Pork Council. Speaker Peter Milliken. NDP MP Peter Stoffer. NDP MP Irene Mathyssen. NDP MP Jack Harris. Conservative MP Terence Young. The food.
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Peter Milliken, now the longest-standing speaker in Parliament’s history, reflects on the state of the House. Although many complain that the House has become a bedlam in recent years, Milliken remembers sitting in the galleries as a student in the 1960s, when the boom of fists slammed on desk tops could be deafening. ”There was a lot [...]
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
3,178 days on the chair
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Peter Milliken has done his job, Speaker of the House of Commons, longer than anyone in Canadian history. As of Monday, he has held the job for 3,178 days.
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Peter Milliken's job might be compared to herding cats, but he's done it longer than anyone in Canadian history.
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) held a reception at the Métropolitain Brasserie & Restaurant to schmooze about wind power. Below is Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt. Transport Minister John Baird. Baird with Robert Hornung, President of CanWEA. NDP MP Megan Leslie. Speaker Peter Milliken. Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea. (Left to right) Tory MPs Patrick Brown...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
RCMP officers mingled with MPs at The Mounted Police Members Legal Fund reception held in House Speaker Peter Milliken’s dining room. (Left to right) Anthony Carricato from Speaker Milliken’s office, Tory aide Matt Deacon, Transport Minister John Baird. (Left to right) Conservative MP Pierre Lemieux, Liberal MP Wayne Easter and Transport Minister John Baird. (Left to right) Minister [...]...
Accidental Deliberations (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
I’ll mostly leave it to others to discuss the merits of Don Martin’s advice for Michael Ignatieff. But it’s worth using Martin’s column as a reminder that there’s more than one path from the status quo to a Harper majority – and the Libs’ current state of disarray may only help to produce that result. Here are the relevant pieces from Martin: Fire Denis Coderre...
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