House Speaker candidates should campaign publicly, says NDP pundit

But Parliamentary expert Ned Franks says The Speaker is for the MPs, not for the public.

Parliament should take the campaign for House Speaker out of closed caucus rooms and in front of news cameras to shed some light on the process for Canadians, says a high-profile former NDP spokesperson and Parliamentary procedure junkie, but traditionalists aren't keen to shine the floodlights o...

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