Meet some of the new faces coming to the House of Commons
CBC
Forty-nine rookie MPs will be seeking to make their mark when the minority Parliament resumes this fall, while two familiar faces defeated in 2019 — Liberals Randy Boissonnault and John Aldag — will return to the House of Commons after successful political comebacks.
And while many observers have claimed the summer federal election changed little, those new faces will ensure this Parliament is not a carbon copy of the last.
There will be more women in the House — 103 — than at any other time in Canadian history. Twenty-two of the new MPs elected in September are women.
Women will hold 30 per cent of the seats in the Commons, up from 29 per cent after the 2019 election. There were 100 female MPs at the time of dissolution.
The 2021 federal election also saw the election of a record number of candidates — eight — from the LGBTQ and two-spirit community. Of those MPs, three are first-timers.
Melissa Lantsman, the incoming Conservative MP for the Ontario riding of Thornhill, spoke out after the 2019 election to say her party's outdated approach to LGBTQ issues had hurt its electoral fortunes.
The 37-year-old former political strategist is now set to become the second openly gay Conservative MP.
A year ago, then Gatineau mayor France Bélisle abruptly resigned, citing a hostile political climate. This week she has spoken out, offering more details of her complaints about municipal politics in Quebec.
One man is dead and three others are in police custody after a deadly assault on a Manitoba First Nation.
When Piper sends her son to school every morning, she calls out a similar refrain: "I love you, try your best, I'll be here to pick you up when school is done," hoping he will be safe and supported.
A downtown Edmonton business advocacy group is worried about how a series of planned bridge closures due to construction could impact the city.
Vancouver resident Tara Garofano says she made a dinner reservation on Valentine's Day — not for romance, but to take advantage of the final hours of the federal government's temporary Goods and Services Tax (GST) holiday.
Students at McMaster University in Hamilton are questioning the institution's commitment to the prevention of sexual violence after staffing changes at the office responsible for that work on campus.
Windsor-Essex could see its biggest snowfalls of the year in what Canada's weather agency is calling a "highly impactful" storm.
Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Services (FWES) is looking into reports of two young cougars that were spotted alone near Canmore this week.
All crew members of the MSC Baltic III have been rescued after their vessel ran aground close to the Lark Harbour shoreline off Newfoundland and Labrador's west coast.
Here's a look at some of the closures, and special events, happening in Thunder Bay on the Family Day weekend:
If you live in or around Toronto, you may want to keep that shovel nearby.
As the Ontario provincial election campaign heats up, voters in Waterloo region and surrounding areas are making their priorities clear.
More Canadians, including Prince Edward Islanders, are joining the movement to support Canadian-made goods and buy local in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to impose hefty tariffs on Canadian products.