‘No apologies for that one’: recently retired Senator Marc Gold talks nine years in the Chamber

Appointed as a Senator in November 2016, Gold has been the government’s representative in the Upper Chamber since 2020. He officially retired on June 30.

Now-retired Quebec senator Marc Gold has no regrets about taking the 'plunge' and applying to sit in the Senate in 2016, and says he leaves proud and feeling good about what he leaves behind.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

July 1, 2025

The government’s second-ever representative in the Red Chamber, Quebec Senator Marc Gold has retired. But after more than five years working to shepherd through government legislation and build up credibility and faith in the functioning of the new, modernized Senate, he s...

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