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…
Read more Honourable Alastair Gillespie, P.C, O.C.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.
Read more Mr. Garnet BloomfieldJuly 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…
Read more Report on the 2018 AGMJuly 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…
Read more Join us in Montreal for our 2018 Regional Meeting – Sunday, September 23 to Tuesday, September 25July 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.
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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…
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June 21, 2018
Includes: Voting by ''selfie'' ? Annual General Meeting Do demonstrations in Parliament actually work? Personal legal files of retired MP's disappear from federal mail room Beyond Confederation : The other events of 1867
Read more Beyond the Hill – Spring 2018May 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.
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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…
Read more The Hon. Don Boudria – 2018 Distinguished Service AwardMay 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…
Read more Bob Rae – 2018 Lifetime Achievement AwardPagination Navigation