Marking the 150th anniversary of the first post-Confederation Parliament

Earlier this week, after months of hard work, House Speaker Geoff Regan and his staff gathered four past prime ministers, spouses of our past leaders, two former House speakers, and others to mark a historic anniversary: the 150th anniversary of Canada’s first post-Confederation Parliament meeting in 1867.

Former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney, pictured back in the early 1990s at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Kate Malloy

Opinion

BY ARTHUR MILNES

November 7, 2017

In a country that far too often comes up short in honouring its history and those who participate on the front lines of public service—particularly past prime ministers—House Speaker Geoff Regan deserves special praise. Earlier this week, after months of hard work by he and his staff dating bac...

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