Reporting from Ottawa — When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added Maryam Monsef to his Cabinet last year, his government touted her as the country’s first Afghan-born member of Parliament.

Maryam Monsef, the minister for Women and Gender Equality, said this during a news conference on Wednesday, according to video posted on Twitter by Toronto Sun reporter Bryan Passifiume that has since ...

In attacking the committee and its members so fiercely, Monsef ensured opposing parties will be firmer than ever in their resistance to the Liberal plan to sink Canada's system of voting. With ...

Monsef and her office were asked whether she has a new passport now that she knows she was born in Iran and not Afghanistan, as she believed until 18 months ago You can save this article by ...

OTTAWA — More than a year after Maryam Monsef revealed she was not actually born in Afghanistan, as she had previously believed, the Liberal cabinet minister is still waiting for the government to ...

The federal Green Party candidate in Peterborough-Kawartha wants Liberal candidate Maryam Monsef to suspend her election campaign to focus on a response to the crisis in Afghanistan. On Thursday, ...

The prime minister's top adviser is comparing questions about Maryam Monsef's family history to the racially charged "birther" movement in the United States. Gerald Butts, principal secretary to ...

The Honourable Maryam Monsef is a dedicated community organizer, former Peterborough mayoral candidate, and co-recipient of the YMCA’s Peace Medallion. She has served as a minister since 2015, and is ...

1:57 Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef on Jane Philpott resignation Peterborough-Kawartha MP and Minister of Status of Women and Minister of International Development Maryam Monsef says she has ...

OTTAWA -- More than a year after Maryam Monsef revealed she was not actually born in Afghanistan, as she had previously believed, the Liberal cabinet minister is still waiting for the government to ...

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