Long hours at Province House dialed back as opposition agrees to reduce delay tactics
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Chender said she still feels adding deputy Speakers in the legislature that sits the fewest days in the country is unnecessary, but acknowledged the government has the votes to do what it wants.
A bigger concern for her is whether the government understands concerns raised about what the change means for representation in the House. Lachance is the province's first gender queer deputy Speaker and Simmonds is the first Black deputy Speaker in Nova Scotia.
"We haven't particularly seen an acknowledgement of that from the government, but hope springs eternal," said Chender.
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