Ya’ara Saks is settling into Parliament Hill after a very virtual year

Just days after she first rose to speak in the physical House of Commons, after a year on the electronic Liberal backbench, Ya’ara Saks was named to the job of parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. The appointment makes sense, as Saks, 48, has worked in the social services field […]

Melissa Lantsman has completed the leap from Thornhill to Ottawa

When the new session of Parliament started in late November, the job of asking the first question in the House of Commons after the Speech from the Throne was given to Melissa Lantsman, the rookie Conservative MP from the riding of Thornhill. It put a new spotlight on the former political strategist, even if she […]

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