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Two House chambers? Time to consider it, MPs say
By Emily Haws Feb. 13, 2019
With two chambers now built, in West Block and Centre Block, some MPs say it’s time to have two running permanently.
Liberal MP Kevin Lamoureux says that a parallel chamber is 'absolutely critical.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
With the Centre Block beginning a decade-long rehabilitation, and an interim House of Commons Chamber now running in West Block, advocates of varying political stripes say the time is ripe to consider a second permanent House chamber.
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