‘My goal was ultimately not to cry’: MPs, Senators grip ties to Ukraine as war wages on

Whether due to personal or constituency connections to Ukraine, Parliamentarians say they have found themselves carrying an emotional weight as the Russian invasion of the country continues.
NDP MP Heather McPherson, left, pictured in Rzeszow, Poland, on March 2, says no MP is coming to this crisis with a ‘full tank’ after the weight of the past couple of years.
For Independent Senator Stan Kutcher, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has left him unmoored from his family connections, uncertain how they’re doing in the war-torn country. Both of the Nova Scotian Senator's parents and grandparents were from Ukraine, fleeing the country as refugees after the Sec...

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