Heard On The Hill

Senate offers rendition of Christmas poem as Upper Chamber closes for the season

Plus, an Indigenous Services Canada official's attire—a red dress pin—draws a positive review from NDP Manitoba MLA Nahanni Fontaine.
On Dec. 17, Independent Senator Yuen Pau Woo gave his Senate-inspired version of the Christmas classic “The Neek Before Christmas.”

The House isn’t the only Chamber that closed its doors for the holidays with a little Christmas cheer. Before Independent Senator Yuen Pau Woo launched into verse, he offered apologies to the famous poem’s author, Cle...

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