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Canadian Speaker of the House Anthony Rota apologizes for inviting Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament during a visit by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after it was revealed that he had fought for the Galicia Division under Nazi command.
2023-09-24

Canada observes "Emancipation Day" nationwide for the first time. The holiday, commemorating the day in 1834 when the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into force and outlawed slavery in Canada and most of the British Empire, was unanimously declared by Parliament in March.
2021-08-1

A Canadian federal court rules the Canada–United States Safe Third Country Agreement to be invalid, saying it violates the Charter of Rights and Freedom by making the country complicit in the United States's abuses of asylum seekers in detention. The ruling goes into effect within six months to give Parliament time to respond.
2020-07-22

Canada will suspend sessions of Parliament until at least April 20.
2020-03-13

Takes place in Ottawa, Canada, as US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. President Obama later gives a special address to the Parliament of Canada.
2016-06-29

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirms that he has asked Governor General David Johnston to dissolve the Canadian Parliament and set a general election for October 19. This will be the longest election campaign for Canada in recent history, since voting was once staggered over months to accommodate people travelling from remote regions of the country using archaic means of transportation.
2015-08-2

Elections Canada has traced allegations of fraudulent robocalls engaging in voter suppression in 18 ridings during the Canadian federal election, 2011 to Racknine Inc., a small Edmonton call centre that worked for the Conservative Party of Canada party's national campaign.
2012-02-23

Environmental activist Elizabeth May becomes the first member of the Green Party of Canada member elected to Parliament.
2011-05-2

The New Democratic Party becomes the Opposition in the parliament with the Liberal Party of Canada relegated to third place for the first time in its history.
2011-05-2

The minority of the Conservative Party of Canada led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper is defeated in a no confidence motion in the House of Commons with an election to be held in early May.
2011-03-25