Heard On The Hill

MPs honour Paul Dewar’s life of public service; bow heads for moment of silence

Plus, Scott Brison bids adieu, Heather Scoffield to join the Toronto Star, and Eric Lindros appears before House Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions.

Paul Dewar, pictured Dec. 5, 2016, on Parliament Hill speaking to protesters at an event calling on the Trudeau government to vote in favour of nuclear disarmament negotiations at the UN.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY NEIL MOSS

February 11, 2019

MPs from all political stripes paid tribute to former Ottawa-Centre NDP MP Paul Dewar, who died on Feb. 6 of terminal brain cancer. Mr. Dewar, a former Ottawa school teacher and onetime federal NDP leadership candidate, served for three terms in the House of Commons from 2006 to 20...

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