Commons Speaker needs more sway in raucous House, but there’s ‘not a lot of charm on either side of the House’ right now, say politicos

The Speaker should decide who speaks in the House, not party whips, says Elizabeth May, while Nik Nanos says the lack of charm on either side of the Chamber reflects the tone at the top. 'Both the Liberals and the Conservatives are feeling a lot of pressure.'

House Speaker Anthony Rota. 'If the Conservative leader wants to have a particular tone and the Liberal leader wants to have a responding tone, I don’t think there’s much the Speaker can do,' said Nik Nanos, who called Poilievre 'Canada’s top clip-machine.'The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

May 22, 2023

House Speaker Anthony Rota has been dealing with a particularly raucous House of Commons in recent weeks, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says if her party wins 12 seats in the next election, she'd like to run to be House Speaker and enforce the rules.

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