Jason Kenney

The Honourable Jason Kenney, PC, served as MP for Calgary Midnapore from 1997-2016. He has served as the Minister of National Defence, of Employment and Social Development, of Multiculturalism, and of Citizenship and Immigration.

Bio last updated June 29th, 2019.

Jason Kenney

Articles by Jason Kenney

  • Conscience Versus the Spirit of the Age

    In this text of his address to the annual Red Mass dinner hosted by the Thomas More Lawyers' Guild of Toronto in October 2014, federal Minister of Employment and Social Development Jason Kenney calls on assembled lawyers to defend conscience rights as a bulwark against the spirit of the age running roughshod over us

    We could likewise point to other great liberation movements, including the American Civil Rights Movement, which brought the liberating power of conscience to public life Indeed, the first liberty listed in our Charter is found in section 2(a), freedom of conscience and religion, which is an echo of...

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