Parliamentarians of the Year 2017
Monique Bégin’s powerful speech to MPs and senators about male power
‘With all the ‘Sunny Days’ excitement of two years ago, with the first federal gender parity Cabinet, the temptation was to conclude: We have made it! Oh! No, we haven’t.’
Parliamentarian of the Year awards in photos
On Tuesday night guests gathered at the Chateau Laurier for the Maclean’s 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year event. For stories on all the winners, go here. MORE ABOUT PARLIAMENTARIANS OF THE YEAR 2017: Here are the 2017…
Here are the 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year
The recipients of the 2017 awards were announced on Nov. 7 in Ottawa
Garnett Genuis: The 2017 Parliamentarian of the Year
Of the 10 recipients of the prize since its inception, Genuis is, by more than a decade, the youngest
Monique Bégin: The feminist trailblazer
A career of pioneering in politics has earned Monique Bégin a well-earned lifetime prize in Maclean’s 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year awards
Nathan Cullen: The Commons’ explainer-in-chief
Cullen has been named Best Orator in the Parliamentarians of the Year awards two years running
Joël Lightbound: The quick study
The winner in the Rising Star category of Maclean’s 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year awards on what gets him fired up
Kevin Lamoureux: Even a night on the town can be work
The winner in the Hardest Working category of Maclean’s 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year awards on why the work-life line no longer exists for him
Hélène Laverdière: The speed-reading academic-diplomat
She’s the winner in the Most Knowledgeable category in Maclean’s 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year awards—thanks to her ‘photographic memory’
Shannon Stubbs: Lakeland’s woman in Ottawa
Voted the MP who best represents constituents, Stubbs says the day a politician no longer wants to hear someone’s concerns is ‘the day that you should quit’
Rodger Cuzner: Parliament’s sense of humour
Voted the Most Collegial MP for the 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year, Cuzner is admired for his ability to strip away partisanship
Scott Reid: Taking democracy to the people
The winner in the Civic Engagement category at the 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year awards says referendums can ‘break through party discipline’