‘If you see it, you can be it’: Senator Raymonde Gagné talks ‘dizzying’ first days in the Speaker’s chair

Gagné says her time as legislative deputy to the government representative in the Senate was ‘really formative’ in helping prepare for her new role.

New Senate Speaker Raymonde Gagné sat down with The Hill Times in her office at 2 Rideau St., in downtown Ottawa on June 21. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 28, 2023

The Red Chamber has a new Speaker, and Manitoba Senator Raymonde Gagné says along with an “open-door” policy, she’s looking to put focus on engagement with La Francophonie, as well as strengthening relations with legislatures around the world, including Ukraine’s.&n...

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