Newly elected MPs start parliamentary orientation sessions on days in Ottawa

OTTAWA — Sima Acan took a seat Monday afternoon inside a room with 14 of her rookie colleagues for the first of a flurry of orientation sessions for her new job as a member of Parliament.
Canadians elected 117 new MPs on April 28 — about one-third of total number of 343, and most will go through the same first day of school-style crash course over the next week, part of a program run by the House of Commons since 2019.
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