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‘Passionate, outspoken’ Ghislain Maltais bids adieu to the Red Chamber

Plus, Tory MP Mark Warawa is hoping for a 'miracle' as he battles cancer, and Supreme Court Justice Clément Gascon is set to retire from the top court in the fall.

Conservative Senator Ghislain Maltais, middle, will retire on April 22. He is pictured with Cuban Ambassador to Canada Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, left, and Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca Díaz, right, at a Cuban Embassy reception in November.Photograph courtesy of Freddy Rodriguez Santana

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BY NEIL MOSS

April 17, 2019

Conservative Senator Ghislain Maltais will retire from the Senate on April 22, which is his 75th birthday—the mandatory retirement age for all Senators. Sen. Maltais was appointed to the Senate by former governor general David Johnston on the advice of then-prime minister...

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