House Speaker election could force 338 MPs to rub shoulders in Ottawa amid COVID’s fourth wave

House rules say MPs have to elect a Speaker before they can reintroduce the hybrid sitting system that allows them to participate virtually.

Liberal MP Anthony Rota served as Speaker of the House of Commons in the last Parliament. He is planning to run for re-election when the House of Commons reconvenes this fall.Screen capture image photograph courtesy of CPAC

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

September 28, 2021

The election of the next Speaker of the House of Commons could force 338 MPs into close quarters as the fourth wave of COVID-19 rages across Canada, unless the party House leaders can find a workaround. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) told repor...

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