A Parliamentary Poet Laureate.(bill creates Office of Parliamentary Poet Laureate)(poet George Bowering appointed)

From: Canadian Parliamentary Review | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: Grafstein, Jerahmiel S. | Copyright information

On December 18, 2001 legislation to create the office of Parliamentary Poet Laureate was given Royal Assent. The idea originated in a Senate Bill introduced in November 1999 and re-introduced in January 2001. The following article, by the sponsor of the Bill, is taken from testimony before the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs on March 29, 2000.

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