Newly elected Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons, Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia from Quebec’s Lac-Saint-Louis, has upheld an age-old tradition by initially ‘resisting’ his seat—a symbolic nod to the historic risks once faced by Speakers who acted as messengers between MPs and the monarch. This tradition dates back to the Middle Ages, when delivering bad news to the king could cost the Speaker their head, making the role both dangerous and undesirable. . . . #CanadianSpeaker | #FrancisSca