‘So long for now’: Munson retires from the Senate after 17 years

Ontario Senator Jim Munson's time in the Red Chamber officially ends on July 14, and while it was a job he’d never anticipated, he says he’s ‘enjoyed every moment.’

Outgoing Ontario Senator Jim Munson is pictured outside the Senate of Canada Building on his bike on June 23, after cycling his way to the Red Chamber for one of his last sitting days as a Senator. A former reporter, turned PMO staffer, he officially retires on July 14. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

July 7, 2021

When Jim Munson first came to Parliament Hill as a reporter in the 1970s, he never expected he’d go on to work for a prime minister, and certainly not go on to sit as a member of the Red Chamber—but life is rarely what you expect. And now, the Ontario Senator is looking back fondly on his time o...

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