Noël Kinsella

A new request in the PBO’s pursuit of information

The Speakers get involved again in an increasingly long dispute

Double Frum on the Hill

Sen. Linda Frum held a special reception on the Hill for her brother David Frum, a journalist, writer and former speechwriter for George W. Bush. The occasion was the launch of her brother’s new book Patriots.

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Mitchel Raphael on the Frum family and an MP’s rapper-actor son

Frum gets a conservative welcome, and Joyce Murray’s son is up for a Drama Desk Award

Canada’s new poet laureate Fred Wah

Senate Speaker Noël Kinsella held a special reception for Canada’s new poet laureate Fred Wah (below) , the fifth person to hold this two-year position.

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‘A contempt of Parliament’

A statement this evening from the office of the Speaker of the Senate.

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The Speakers and a huge quilt

Senate Speaker Noël Kinsella and House Speaker Peter Milliken hosted a reception at The Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat for the Quilt of Belonging, a 36-metre by 3.5-metre tapestry that portrays all the First Peoples of Canada and every nation of the world.

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Can I get a witness?

Noel Kinsella, speaker of the senate, comes to the Prime Minister’s defence.

Obama’s signature and the RCMP’s first turbaned officer

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Senate Speaker Noël Kinsella hosted a reception in honour of the Dominion Institute’s Passages to Canada, a program of speakers that highlight the Canadian immigration experience. Below is Kinsella (right) with Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs.