PARLIAMENTARY REPORT
CANADA
Former Canadian Prime Minister Rt Hon. Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, with his wife in 1979.
campaign. Over the next several months, seven other candidates announced their campaigns: David Bertschi; Martha Hall Findlay; Karen McCrimmon; Joyce Murray, MP, (Vancouver Quadra); Marc Garneau, MP, (Westmount- Ville-Marie); George Takach, and Martin Cauchon. On 14 April 2013, Mr Trudeau
swept 80 per cent of the leadership Convention vote among the final field of six candidates and was declared leader of the Liberal Party. Mr Trudeau has served as a Member of Parliament for the riding of Papineau since 2008. He was a teacher prior to entering federal politics. His father, Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, served as the 15th Prime Minister of Canada, from 1968-1979, and again from 1980-1984. In the new Leader’s speech following his election, he alluded to his father’s legacy in Canadian history, stating,
“I don’t care if you thought my father was great or arrogant. It doesn’t matter to me if you were a
polls suggested that the Liberals made dramatic gains in national support, often surpassing support of the official opposition, the New Democratic Party, and the governing Conservative Party of Canada.
Mr Justin Trudeau, MP
Chretien-Liberal, a Turner-Liberal, a Martin-Liberal or any other kind of Liberal. The era of hyphenated Liberals ends right here, tonight. From this day forward, we welcome all Liberals as Canadian Liberals. United in our dedication to serve and lead Canadians”. Since his win, publicly released
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Spotlight on the Senate The Senate has been in the spotlight since being plagued by allegations of misuse of travel and residential expenses. Holding its Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration announced it conducted an audit to assess “whether all senators’ declarations of primary and secondary residence are supported by sufficient documentation” in December 2012.
Specifically, Senators Mike
Duffy, Patrick Brazeau, and Mac Harb were under investigation regarding ineligible living
expenses while Senator Pamela Wallin was being investigated with regards to ineligible travel claims. All of their files were referred to an external auditor. On 9 May 2013, the Senate
released the results of those outside audits and the Internal Economy Committee’s reports on Senators Brazeau, Duffy and Harb. In the report, the committee ordered Sen. Harb to repay $51,000 to the Senate. Sen. Harb consequently left the Liberal caucus and stated his intention to seek to overturn the committee’s findings. The report also ordered Sen. Brazeau to repay $48,000. Sen. Brazeau is currently sitting as an independent in the upper Chamber. Prior to this investigation, Sen. Brazeau had been expelled from the Conservative caucus following charges of assault and sexual assault that were laid against him
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