Canada has a new poet laureate

On Monday, John Steffler was chosen to be Canada's third parliamentary Poet Laureate. Steffler, who lives in Montreal, is replacing Pauline Michel, who finished her two-year tenure last month.

For more information on the new poet laureate see www.parl.gc.ca/poet.

An article from The Ottawa Citizen here.

Read a poem by John Steffler here.