All About Maces, Pages, and Faces at Ontario's Legislative Assembly

From various directions, we all finally made it to Queen's Park, the site of the provincial legislative assembly, for a one-hour guided tour of the building. MicroSkills participants Susan and Dingding, Irene, Apphia, Max, Liji, Jie, and Yumei followed our expert guide, Sarah, on a tour of the Legislative Chamber and the East and West Wings of the building.

Look at the carpet and guess what two colours represent the Province of Ontario.

Where everything takes place, the Legislative Chamber is where you'll find MPP faces, the mace, and Grade 7 and 8 pages on a session day.

Sarah talks about the portraits of various Speakers of the House, from the old, sombre-looking poses to the avante garde paintings of more recent personalities.

The long-lost mace is back.

Not tonsilloliths, like some might think, but these are actual diamonds mined in Ontario!

A few parting shots before heading on out.

A brief recap and a whiff of what's cooking from Macdonald Block.

Older, and perhaps wiser, marching back from Ontario's Legislative Assembly Building.