John Robson: Core Difference Between the Loss of House Speaker in Canada Compared to US

John Robson: Core Difference Between the Loss of House Speaker in Canada Compared to US
New Speaker Greg Fergus makes a Speaker's Statement before question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 18, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
John Robson
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By a strange coincidence, Canada and the United States both lost their House Speaker in the same week. But with the instructive difference that here it was a combination of buffoonery and attempts to blame-shift, whereas there it was buffoonery plus attempts to make politics less futile. Which alas probably won’t work but at least they tried.

John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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