Conservative MP Fletcher's aide to sit with him in House Chamber

Published August 2, 2004

Newly-elected Conservative MP Steven Fletcher, who is also the first quadriplegic elected to the House, will be accompanied by an aide inside the House Chamber and everywhere he goes in order to perform his Parliamentary duties properly once the House returns on Oct. 4. The aide will also have an MP's desk in the front row and will sit right beside the rookie MP.

Mr. Fletcher (Charleswood-St. James, Man.), 32, who defeated the...