Tributes

Members

• Ken Dryden

  September 17, 2025

  Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a tribute to the late Hon. Ken Dryden, recalling his career as a six-time Stanley Cup champion, five-time Vezina Trophy winner, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, lawyer, author, and Member of Parliament for York-Centre, and crediting his leadership on affordable child care as paving the way for the system families access today.

  Spoken by

  • Lib Mark Carney
  • CPC John Brassard
  • BQ Martin Champoux
  • NDP Leah Gazan
  • GP Elizabeth May
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• John McCallum

  September 17, 2025

  Dominic LeBlanc delivered a government tribute to the late Hon. John McCallum, honouring his career as an economist, dean of arts at McGill, chief economist at the Royal Bank of Canada, cabinet minister under three prime ministers, and architect of Canada's resettlement of more than 40,000 Syrian refugees, remembering him as a close personal friend of great kindness and humour.

  Spoken by

  • Lib Dominic LeBlanc
  • CPC Michelle Rempel
  • BQ Claude DeBellefeuille
  • NDP Jenny Kwan
  • GP Elizabeth May
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• Gail Shea

  September 17, 2025

  Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC) and Robert Morrissey (Egmont, Lib) paid tribute to the Hon. Gail Shea, former MP for Egmont and the first woman from Prince Edward Island appointed to the federal cabinet, who passed away on August 21. Both members honoured her career as a provincial and federal politician, her roles as minister of fisheries and oceans and minister of national revenue, her strong support for the seal hunt, her community roots in Skinners Pond, and her warmth as a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

  Spoken by

  • CPC Pierre Poilievre
  • Lib Bobby Morrissey
  • BQ Alexis Deschênes
  • NDP Lori Idlout
  • GP Elizabeth May
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• Bill Blaikie

  October 19, 2022

  Kevin Lamoureux (Lib) delivered a tribute on behalf of the Liberal caucus to the late Bill Blaikie, highlighting his 29 years of parliamentary service, his role in developing the Canada Health Act, his work as Deputy Speaker, his deep connection to constituents in Winnipeg—Transcona, and his later career as Manitoba's minister of conservation, concluding with condolences to his wife Brenda and his family.

  Spoken by

  • Lib Kevin Lamoureux
  • CPC James Bezan
  • BQ Louis Plamondon
  • NDP Jagmeet Singh
  • GP Elizabeth May
  • NDP Daniel Blaikie
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• Mauril Bélanger

  September 21, 2016

  Prime Minister Trudeau delivered a bilingual tribute to Mauril Bélanger, the MP for Ottawa—Vanier who passed away on August 16, 2016 after a courageous battle against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, honouring him as a defender of his community, a champion of equality, a proud Franco-Ontarien, a passionate parliamentarian, and a devoted family man who fought for causes including francophone rights, Canada's co-operatives, and a gender-neutral national anthem until the very end of his parliamentary career.

  Spoken by

  • Lib Justin Trudeau
  • CPC Rona Ambrose
  • NDP Thomas Mulcair
  • BQ Rhéal Fortin
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Commemorations

The House also pauses to mark deaths beyond its own benches, and to remember victims and anniversaries — recognised by motion, not scored.

• Mahsa Amini

  September 21, 2022

  Ms. Andréanne Larouche (Shefford, BQ) sought unanimous consent for a motion offering the House's condolences to the family of Mahsa Amini — also known by her Kurdish name Jina — a 22-year-old woman who died after being arrested in Tehran for 'wearing inappropriate clothing' by the Iranian morality police, and expressing the House's solidarity with the women of Iran fighting for their rights and freedoms. The exchange did not include a recorded vote or confirmation of the outcome, as it was interrupted.

  Moved by

  • BQ Andréanne Larouche
  • Jake Stewart
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• Pierre Bruneau

  June 15, 2022

  Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (BQ) sought unanimous consent for a motion to salute the 46-year career of Pierre Bruneau as chef d'antenne at TVA network, recognize his contribution to journalism in Quebec, acknowledge his engagement with children with cancer through the Fondation Charles-Bruneau since 1990, and wish him well in his future projects.

  Moved by

  • BQ Yves-François Blanchet
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• Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day

  May 18, 2022

  Mr. Gary Anandasangaree (Lib) moved a unanimous consent motion asking the House to acknowledge the genocide of Tamils in Sri Lanka and recognize May 18 of each year as Tamil Genocide Remembrance Day.

  Moved by

  • Lib Gary Anandasangaree
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• Crimean Tatar Deportation (Surgunlik) Memorial Day

  May 18, 2022

  Mr. Yvan Baker (Lib) moved a unanimous consent motion asking the House to recognize the 1944 mass deportation of the Crimean Tatar people by the Soviet regime, known as the Surgunlik, as genocide, and to designate May 18 of each year as Crimean Tatar Deportation (Surgunlik) Memorial Day.

  Moved by

  • Lib Yvan Baker
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