The public galleries of the House of Commons were crammed with hundreds of summer tourists. They had come to see democracy in action. Speaker Gaspard
Fauteux, in his impressive black robes, with his tricornered hat walked in. He took his impressive seat. There was a slight hush.
The speaker, who has never run the House smoothly, opened the session by ruling out of order a question by Progressive Conservative member Gordon Fraser. Progressive Conservative spokesman Gordon Graydon promptly bounded to his feet in protest. Then the galleries witnessed one of the worst shows that...
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