Dawson says goodbye to the Senate

Quebec senator Dennis Dawson had once been in the Liberal caucus with both Justin Trudeau and his father Pierre. I'm going to miss his insouciance, outspokenness, and his fight to make Canada a better place.

Quebec Senator Dennis Dawson retired from the Senate on Feb. 9, after 45 years in national public affairs. He was first elected as an MP in 1977 at the age 27, and was appointed to the Upper Chamber by prime minister Paul Martin in 2005. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE

March 9, 2023

OTTAWA—Even in Canada’s capital, not every parliamentarian could expect the prime minister to drop into their retirement celebration. But then no one else can say, as retiring Quebec senator Dennis Dawson can, that he had once been in the Liberal caucus with both Justin ...

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