Press Release Department: Federal - Parliament of Canada

The Parliament of Canada issued a call for nominations to begin the search for Canada’s sixth parliamentary poet laureate. The role of the parliamentary poet laureate is to promote the importance and value of poetry among all Canadians. Pursuant to the Parliament of Canada Act, the poet laureate may perform the following duties: compose poetry, … Read more

Speaker of the Senate Noël A. Kinsella and Speaker of the House of Commons Andrew Scheer (Regina-Qu'Appelle, Sask.) welcomed Google to Canada’s Parliament buildings. Google will be granted access to Parliament in order to take photographs using its special 360 degree panoramic camera used for Google Street View. Soon Canadians will be able to go … Read more