Canada elections

Once a refugee, now a cabinet minister

Canada’s newest democratic institutions minister is a 30-year-old woman who fled Afghanistan with her widowed mother and two sisters when she was a child.

Canada election: Liberals sweep to power

Canada's Liberal Party has decisively won parliamentary elections, ending nine years of Conservative rule, partial results show.

November 5, 2015
November 5, 2015

Once a refugee, now a cabinet minister

Canada’s newest democratic institutions minister is a 30-year-old woman who fled Afghanistan with her widowed mother and two sisters when she was a child.

October 20, 2015
October 20, 2015

Canada election: Liberals sweep to power

Canada's Liberal Party has decisively won parliamentary elections, ending nine years of Conservative rule, partial results show.