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The Travers Debates
The Travers Debates were held recently at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. It was a fundraiser for the R. James Travers Foreign Corresponding Fellowship named after Toronto Star columnist Jim Travers, who died in 2011.
Irshad Manji on the Hill
Tory Senator Linda Frum recently helped host for a talk on the Hill by Irshad Manji about her experiences in Indonesia while touring with her new book Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji, a well-known advocate for progressive and moderate Islam, spoke to the Canada-Indonesia Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Sen. Salma Ataullahjan and the Canada Pakistan Parliamentary Association
Tory Sen. Salma Ataullahjan held a one of the better receptions on the Hill in honour of the Canada Pakistan Parliamentary Association.
James Moore vs. The Birds and the Bees
In response to the Heritage Minister’s criticism of the Canadian Science and Technology Museum, Senator Nancy Ruth questions James Moore’s judgment. Peter Julian mocks. Ottawa Citizen columnist Peter Simpson considers.
MPs and LGBT rights at Egale reception on the Hill
Egale, Canada’s national lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) human rights organization, held a special all-party reception in the Hill hosted by Tory Senator Nancy Ruth.
Why Lisa Raitt went shoeless in the House of Commons
A shoeless MP, the Senatrix Martini, and a meeting with Celine Dion
Party politics is dragged into the ring
Will Trudeau go blue?
Parliamentarians of the Year Awards party
Maclean’s 5th annual Parliamentarians of the Year Awards ceremony at the Fairmont Château Laurier. See winners here.
Who paid $10,000 for Elizabeth May’s cane?
The case of the two Louises