Mauril Belanger

• Gender-neutral ‘O Canada’ lyrics now official

  The one-line revision to Canada's national anthem became law one day ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics in South Korea.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2018
  
• Senate approves gender neutral wording for Canada’s national anthem

  The Senate has passed a bill to make the national anthem more gender neutral, fulfilling the dying wish of Liberal MP Mauril Belanger.

  Politics

  Feb 1, 2018
  
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• How a Senate amendment could wind up killing gender-neutral ‘O Canada’ bill

  The effort to change the lyrics to Canada's national anthem has stalled in the Senate a month before the updated version was set to be sung on Parliament Hill for Canada Day.

  Canada

  May 31, 2017
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• Trudeau calls byelection for 2 Calgary Federal Ridings

  Calgarians will vote to replace two political heavyweights from the Conservative Party in two federal byelections this Spring.

  Politics

  Feb 22, 2017
• Trudeau calls five byelections for April 3, including former PM Harper’s old riding

  Byelections will be held on April 3 to fill five vacant seats in the House of Commons, including the one formerly held by Stephen Harper.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2017
• ‘We will all miss you’: Trudeau pens tribute to Mauril Belanger

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among the MPs who signed a book of condolence set up in the rotunda of Centre Block, just a few steps away from the House of Commons over which Belanger had presided as honorary Speaker just five months ago.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2016
• MPs remember Mauril Belanger as fierce, brave fighter

  Many of his colleagues in the House of Commons have called him exceptional, a good friend, and most of all a “great parliamentarian.”

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2016
• Progress in ALS, which took life of Mauril Belanger, accelerating: researchers

  The death of Liberal MP Mauril Belanger has shone a spotlight on one of humanity's most devastating diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

  Aug 16, 2016
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• Liberal MP Mauril Belanger dies at age of 61 after battle with ALS

  Mauril Belanger, a Liberal MP for over two decades, has died the age of 61.

  Canada

  Aug 16, 2016
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• Change to gender-neutral ‘O Canada’ lyrics inches closer

  The House of Commons is one step closer to adopting a dying Liberal MP's private member's bill to render the words to 'O Canada' more gender-neutral.

  Politics

  Jun 10, 2016