Heard On The Hill

House Speaker Scarpaleggia hosts FIFA kick-off watch party

Also, both Chambers finally agree on where MPs will move to when the Confed Building gets renovated, and Tory MP Luc Berthold opens up about his son's death.

Liberal MPs Yasir Naqvi, left, and Bienvenu-Olivier Ntumba; House Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia; Conservative MP Richard Martel; and Liberal MP Jean Yip at the Speaker's World Cup watch party on June 11.The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

June 17, 2026

House Speaker Francis Scarpaleggia invited parliamentarians, staffers, and journalists into his West Block dining room on June 11 for a watch party to kick off the 2026 FIFA World Cup celebrations.

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