Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian runs the fastest mouth in Ottawa, according to Samara, a non-partisan organization that analyzes politics.
The charitable think-tank counted words spoken by MPs in the House of Commons last year and found that Julian was the most verbose, with 226,027.
"Since I've started in Parliament, I've been on the most-active list regularly," Julian told the NOW. "Being most active in the house for 2012 is an honour, but I just think it's also just part of the job. We're elected to speak out on behalf of constituents."
Julian, the NDP's energy and natural resources critic, spent a lot of time speaking against the takeover of Canadian energy company Nexen by CNOOC, a state-run Chinese oil company. Julian was also a regular critic of the Conservative's budgetary measures.
"One of the things I found most interesting is the NDP has a third of the members in the House of Commons but nearly half of the activity," Julian said, "which shows me we are doing what we were asked to do by our voters."
Second place for most-talkative MP went to Liberal Kevin Lamoureux, MP for Winnipeg North, with 222,451 words spoken, and Green party leader Elizabeth May was third, at 174,783.
The projections were based on analyses of 54 days of debate in the House of Commons over three periods in 2012.
Samara also created an infographic, equating MPs' word counts with books. Julian would be on par with Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance.
