Reading Time: 4 minutes Disponible en français. On 21 January 2021, the Governor General, the Right Honourable Julie Payette announced her resignation. The resignation led to a relatively uncommon situation – the Chief Justice of Canada, the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, was appointed Administrator… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Présidence canadienne du G7) In January 2018, Canada assumed the presidency of the Group of Seven (G7). Canada will host G7 leaders at a Summit taking place in Charlevoix, Quebec on 8-9 June. The G7 is… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes Disponible en français: Le bien-être d’un pays : origine de l’expression « paix, ordre et bon gouvernement » Some 150 years ago, Canada’s Fathers of Confederation hit upon a phrase that has come to define Parliament’s lawmaking authority in relation… Read More ›
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Textes fondateurs : les mots qui ont façonné le Canada) To mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation, the Library of Parliament opened on 9 March 2017 an exhibit entitled Foundations: The Words that Shaped Canada. Over… Read More ›
Reading Time: 6 minutes (Disponible en français : Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques, Paris 2015) Despite over 20 years of annual UN climate change conferences, global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Many hope that this year’s Conference of the Parties, known… Read More ›