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Governor-General Michaelle Jean inspects the honour guard outside Parliament April 4 before reading the Speech from the Throne on behalf of the new Conservative government of Stephen Harper |
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A small group of protesters chanted anti-war slogans on Parliament Hill April 4 as the military honour guard prepared for the arrival of Governor General Michaelle Jean. The demonstrators want Canada to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. |
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Liberal MP Peter Milliken was
re-elected to his third term as Speaker of the House of Commons on April 3, the first day
of the new Parliament. He is elected by a vote of members of all parties in the House and
is expected to be non-partisan and impartial in his rulings. Milliken is the MP for the
Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands .
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