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.

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 ...

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 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 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, ...

Jason Fekete spoke with new Peterborough-Kawartha Liberal MP Maryam Monsef, the first Canadian MP to be born in Afghanistan. Maryam and her family fled the Taliban 20 years ago and settled in ...

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 ...

Canada’s minister for women and gender equality, Maryam Monsef, faced a torrent of criticism Wednesday after she referred to the Taliban as “our brothers” in a plea to ensure safe passage for ...

It was an International Women’s Day like no other for former Peterborough—Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef. Instead of making speeches or attending rallies, Monsef spent March 8 at the Peterborough Regional ...

Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef forgot to hit the mute button following a virtual vote on Monday, catching her discussing her federal salary. The Liberal MP apparently left her microphone open ...