An amendment to Ontario's Marriage Act now allows MPPS to solemnize civil marriages.
It could be the set-up for a punchline: a politician officiating a wedding in a hot-air balloon.
Six months after Ontario MPPs got the power to perform marriage ceremonies, New Democrat Catherine Fife (Waterloo) was nervously preparing to officiate her sister’s nuptials in the sky at sunset — until high winds grounded the plan.
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