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Marjory LeBreton, PC (born July 4, 1940) is Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate, a position of cabinet-rank; and vice-chair of Mothers Against Drunk Driving in Canada. She worked with four leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada - John Diefenbaker, Robert Stanfield, Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney - from 1962 to 1993 before being appointed to the Senate on the advice of Mulroney. She sat as a Progressive Conservative Senator from her appointment until moving with most of her caucus colleagues to the new Conservative Party of Canada in 2004, of which she was soon elected as Chief Whip. She served as an advisor to then opposition leader Stephen Harper during the 2006 election, which Harper won. After the election she was named to the cabinet position of the ...
Senator M. LeBreton, Leader of the Govern. in the Senate, places the Senate pin on new Conserv. Sen. Bert Brown as Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks on. , positive
Gov. Gen. D.Johnston, joins Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra, and Sen. M. LeBreton to announce Canada Post stamps honouring the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year. , positive
The Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Leader of the Government in the Senate and Minister of State (Seniors), in the company of Mr. Jean-Guy Soulière, Chair of the Nat. Seniors Council. , positive
Senator Marjory LeBreton is making headlines this week for accusing the media of being insufficiently enthusiastic about Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives during the election campaign. LeBreton said journalists covering the PM’s tour should have realized a Conservative majority was in the offing and not been so negative.
Of course, this is insane, and it is expertly debunked as Nixonian paranoia by Lawrence Martin in an iPolitics column today.
LeBreton, we should remember, was appointed to the Senate by her old boss, Brian Mulroney, and for years after he left ...
The federal government has been hard at work assuring the public that it supports the country’s growing population of seniors, and has taken significant steps to consult with seniors on policy issues. When it comes to pension reform though, the Conservatives aren’t open to suggestions.
Seniors issues have been a hallmark of the Conservative government since Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) established the National Seniors Council and appointed Conservative Senator Marjory LeBreton as minister of state for seniors in 2007. The post is currently held by Alice ...
Canadians will have new stamps to commemorate the Queen's 60 years as monarch — though it will cost 61 cents to use them.
Gov. Gen. David Johnston announced the new stamps to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth's accession, at the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que.
Students from Ottawa's Queen Elizabeth Public School were on hand for the announcement. Johnston talked about the Queen's long history with Canada, which began when many of the students' grandparents were themselves children.
Marjory LeBreton, government leader of the Senate, told the students that she was ...