MPs try to turn page on bitter partisanship in House as 42nd Parliament gets under way

Liberal MP Geoff Regan elected House Speaker, says he won't tolerate heckling, unparliamentary language.

Party leaders in an overflowing new House of Commons of 338 MPs set a tone of politeness, humour and collegial good spirits Thursday as they attempted to banish memories of bitter partisan wrangling and verbal fights of the past, while newly elected House Speaker Liberal MP Geoff Regan, cautione...

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