Reporting from OttawaReporting 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 ...

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 ...

The MP’s birthplace does not matter. Her mother made a brave choice, sparing her daughters from a brutal and ruthless past After all the headlines, the chat show uproars, the demands for Maryam Monsef ...

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 ...

Monsef’s ’math is hard’ moment is an odd position for a cabinet minister in a proud science-friendly, evidence-based party to be taking Monsef has since walked back some of her remarks, saying that ...

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 ...

2:22 Minister Monsef says calling Taliban ‘brothers’ was ‘cultural’ reference If you have social media, you’ve probably seen the clip: Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef calling the Taliban “our ...

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 ...