October 15, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned our colleague, Mr. Thomas Suluk, former MP, passed away. A link to his parliamentary service may be found here.

October 14, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned our colleague, the Honourable Donald S. Macdonald, former MP, passed away on October 14, 2018.  Mr. Macdonald’s many accomplishments may be found here. A link to his parliamentary service may be found here.

October 5, 2018

Includes: Voting by “selfie”? Annual General Meeting Do demonstrations in Parliament actually work? Personal legal files of retired MPs disappear from federal mailroom Beyond Confederation: the other evens of 1867

September 28, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague, the Honourable Peter Adams, former MP, passed away on September 28, 2018.  Mr. Adams’s many accomplishments can be found here. A link to his parliamentary service can be found…

September 23, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague, the Honourable Eric Berntson, former Senator, passed away on September 23, 2018.  Mr. Berntson’s many accomplishments can be found  here. A link to his parliamentary service can be found…

September 10, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague, Mr. Robert Porter, former MP, passed away on September 10, 2018.  Mr. Porter’s many accomplishments can be found here. A link to his parliamentary service can be found here.  

August 20, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague, Mr. Jacques Tétreault, former MP, passed away on August 1, 2018.  Mr. Tétreault’s many accomplishments can be found here. A link to his parliamentary service can be found here.…

August 19, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague, the Honourable Alastair Gillespie, former MP, passed away on August 19, 2018.  Mr. Gillespie’s many accomplishments can be found here. A link to his parliamentary service can be found…

August 1, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague, Mr. Garnet Bloomfield, former MP, passed away on August 1, 2018.  Mr. Bloomfield’s many accomplishments can be found here. A link to his parliamentary service can be found here.

July 25, 2018

This year’s AGM – our last in the Centre Block – took place on June 4th.  Our theme was the process of reconciliation with Canada’s first nations and how former parliamentarians can contribute. We had two terrific speakers on the…

July 25, 2018

As mentioned in my April letter, CAFP is holding its 2018 Regional Meeting in Montreal, Québec from Sunday, September 23 to Tuesday, September 25. Our last time in Québec was 2012 in Québec City.  Much has changed. Federally, the two…

July 6, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague, Mr. Eugène Bellemare, former MP, passed away on July 6, 2018.  Mr. Bellemare’s many accomplishments can be found here. A link to his parliamentary service can be found here.  

July 3, 2018

Paul Dewar: Courage personified You have probably heard by now of the devastating diagnosis our colleague, Paul Dewar, received on February 8th: terminal brain cancer. In the face of these most tragic of circumstances, Paul is an unwavering optimist. On…

May 31, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague, Mr. Marcel-Claude Roy, former MP, passed away on May 31, 2018.   Mr. Roy’s many accomplishments can be found here. A link to his parliamentary service can be found here.

May 17, 2018

The 2018 Distinguished Service Award was presented to the Hon. Don Boudria, in recognition of his contribution to public life while in office, and continued interest and activity in the promotion of human welfare and parliamentary democracy in Canada and…

May 17, 2018

On May 16th, 2018, CAFP presented the Honourable Bob Rae with a Lifetime Achievement Award during a gala dinner in Toronto. Former colleagues in the Parliament of Canada and the Ontario Legislature, leaders in Canada’s first nations, business and labour…

May 3, 2018

It is with great sadness that we learned that our colleague, Mr. Clifford Downey, former MP, passed away on May 3, 2018.  Mr. Downey’s many accomplishments can be found here.  A link to his parliamentary service can be found here.…

May 2, 2018

Includes: 12th Annual Douglas C. Frith Dinner 100 years of voting for Canadian women Canada celebrates 150 years since Confederation Former Canadian ambassador to the U.S. on Trump’s impact on Canada

May 2, 2018