Joyal, the Senate’s ‘constitutional memory,’ retires with ‘no regrets’

Former Senator Serge Joyal is regarded by some of his peers for his extensive constitutional memory, something he relied on when he took his own government to court not once, but twice.

Former Senator Serge Joyal, pictured in his East Block office on Feb. 3, 2020, which he is in the process of vacating, retired after two decades in the Red Chamber. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

February 5, 2020

If former Senator Serge Joyal had it his way, he would continue serving in the Upper Chamber beyond his 75th birthday. Mr. Joyal will be leaving before his private member’s bill to give the National Capital Commission more p...

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