House clerk casting conventions aside for black robes on the Hill

Charles Robert has tapped a former Senate clerk to manage the transition to the West Block for the House.

Clerk of the House of Commons Charles Robert says that the re-jigged hierarchy for the House clerks will allow projects like the move to the West Block to get the attention they need from the House administration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

February 5, 2018

The new clerk of the House of Commons is making no apologies for smashing parliamentary tradition, and overhauling the power structure beneath him in his first half-year on the job. Charles Robert is a lover of parliamentary histo...

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