Manitoba MLAs create nickname for ‘Sen. Gerrard’

By: Bartley Kives Posted: 3:58 PM CDT Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015

While the Liberals have yet to assume power in Ottawa, the Manitoba Legislature is already joking about the Trudeau government’s first senate appointment.

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While the Liberals have yet to assume power in Ottawa, the Manitoba Legislature is already joking about the Trudeau government’s first senate appointment.

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While the Liberals have yet to assume power in Ottawa, the Manitoba Legislature is already joking about the Trudeau government’s first senate appointment.

On the first day of the resumption of the latest legislative session, River Heights Liberal MLA Jon Gerrard received a new nickname when he rose to pose a query during Question Period.

“Sen. Gerrard!” several MLAs shouted. “Let the senator speak!”

Liberal MLA Jon Gerrard released statistics from a Freedom of Information request, which shows between 2006-2014, some 2,800 babies one month old or younger were seized by child welfare agencies.

Gerrard, who has sat in the Legislature since 1999, relinquished his role as Liberal leader after the 2011 Manitoba election. He also served as the federal Liberal MP in Portage-Interlake for a single term, beginning in 1993.