Heard On The Hill

More than 37-dozen red carnations to be shared on the Hill for MS awareness on May 6

Plus: Former premier Frank McKenna makes a $20-million donation over 10 years to his alma mater St. Francis Xavier University, Liberal MP Jonathan Wilkinson (finally) gets appointed as Canada's envoy to Europe, and Xav Trudeau will perform at the Ottawa BlackJacks home opener next week.

Red carnations, left, have long been a symbol of hope for Canada's multiple sclerosis community. Then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau, centre, accepts a carnation from the Ottawa Chapter MS Carnation Day Mother Jean Thurner, left, and Gloria Malcolm, National Carnation Day chair, right, in 1977.Photographs courtesy of MS Canada and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by Forest and Kim Starr

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

May 4, 2026

This Wednesday, 450 red carnations—that's a little more than 37 dozen—will be delivered to the House and Senate as part of MS Canada’s annual campaign on the Hill. Volunteers will be on hand in the Senate on May 6 to help pin the flowers onto lapels in what’s been a ...

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