On July 12, 2021, I wrote to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness to ask when the government would present a plan to reopen Canada’s borders with the United States and the rest of the world. Click below to view my letter. LETTER – Min of Public Safety Border ... Full Article
This article appeared in the Hill Times on Monday, July 12, 2021. The original version can be found here. Two Conservative MPs from Alberta were among the few who accomplished a rare feat in June: seeing their private members’ bills passed into law. For Conservative MP Len Webber (Calgary ... Full Article
July 7, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EDMONTON, AB – Matt Jeneroux, the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend, released the following statement: “It’s been a tough few weeks for Canadians. More bodies of former residential school students have been discovered across Canada. More ... Full Article
July 1, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EDMONTON, AB – Matt Jeneroux, the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend, issued the following statement: “In the past few weeks, Canadians have had to confront the horrific realities of residential schools and the unjust treatment of Indigenous ... Full Article
June 25, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EDMONTON, AB – Matt Jeneroux, the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend, released the following statement: “I’m once again incredibly sad and disappointed to hear about another hate-motivated attack in our community, this time against two Muslim ... Full Article
June 24, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EDMONTON, AB – Matt Jeneroux, the Member of Parliament for Edmonton Riverbend, issued a statement following the heartbreaking discovery of 751 unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan: “Today, the ... Full Article
June 22, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, ON – A compassionate bereavement bill that will allow Canadian employees more time off work following a family member’s death has passed unanimously in the Senate of Canada and will become Canadian law. Bill C-220, introduced by Edmonton Riverbend ... Full Article
Father’s Day on the Hill brings together mental health stakeholders and policy makers to bring awareness to men’s mental health. The event was founded by Member of Parliament Matt Jeneroux in 2018 to talk openly about mental health. For the past two years, the event has moved ... Full Article
June 16, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, ON – The fourth annual Father’s Day on the Hill event was a national conversation on men’s mental health, with a panel of men working in the mental health field sharing their viewpoints on gaps in the system. Father’s Day on the Hill was ... Full Article
Our fourth annual Father’s Day on the Hill event is again going virtual, but expanding to include a national conversation hosted by our friends at Movember and the Mental Health Commission of Canada. Join us Wednesday, June 16 for a conversation on men’s mental health. We’ll ... Full Article