The 12th annual Parliamentarians of the Year awards showcase the best and brightest MPs in the House of Commons, as voted on by their colleagues in the chamber
Amil Niazi: By early May, only 48 per cent of Canadians over the age of 15 reported excellent or very good mental health, down 20 per cent from 2018. The loss of acquaintances may play a role in that shift.
Sham Al Mukdad: "The uncertainty, the fear of illness, of death, has made us appreciate how it can all be taken away, so swiftly, and without reason. I already know this, as a refugee."
"Though cancer stole any chance of us working as colleagues, you continue to be an inspiration," writes Matthew Pearson in this letter to his former teacher Mary McGuire
Murray Sinclair: Indigenous peoples have lived in balance with ecosystems since time immemorial. Our wisdom does not privilege humans above all other beings—a spirituality of humility, not dominion.