Zelensky latest in long list of world leaders to address Parliament, third Ukrainian president

When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses Parliament on Tuesday, he will be the third Ukrainian president to do so, joining a long list of world leaders and dignitaries to give a joint address to Canadian parliamentarians.

The address will be an opportunity for MPs, senators, and other special guests and government officials to hear directly from Zelensky in Ukraine on what that country is experiencing as it continues to defend itself from attacks ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Zelensky has garnered international accolades for his leadership in this moment, and continues to call on allied countries to offer his country further assistance, from military to humanitarian, while expressing thanks for the support offered to date.

He is not the first Ukrainian leader to come to Canadian policymakers with similar sentiments. His predecessor Petro Poroshenko delivered an address to Parliament on Sept. 17, 2014 as part of an official visit to Canada.

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In that speech—punctuated by cheers and standing ovations—Poroshenko praised Canada for its support in the face of Russia’s military incursion in eastern Ukraine and its annexation of Crimea, and said that his country was “bleeding for its independence and its territorial integrity.”

Previous to that, on May 26, 2008 as part of a state visit, then-president Victor Yushchenko spoke about how democracy had “taken over” as the former Soviet republic pushed to assert independence following the Orange Revolution of 2004. He also expressed his gratitude for Canada supporting that country’s ongoing bid for NATO membership.

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“Right now, I am overwhelmed with profound, sincere, absolutely light-filled feelings toward your country, towards this land. For me, like millions of Ukrainians, this country, this land is sacred,” Yushchenko said.

Zelensky’s address will not be preceded by the same degree of pomp and circumstance, including the on-arrival greeting by House and Senate officials, and the walk through Confederation Hall with the prime minister, given he will be the first world leader to appear virtually.

He’ll be the first to make his remarks inside the temporary West Block House of Commons, with the last world leader to speak to members of the House and Senate being Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte in 2018, which took place in the now under-renovation Centre Block.

Here’s the full list of dignitaries who have delivered a joint address to Parliament since 1940s:

December 30, 1941: Winston Churchill, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
June 16, 1943: Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Spouse of the Leader of the Republic of China
June 1, 1944: John C. Curtin, Prime Minister, Australia
June 30, 1944: Peter Fraser, Prime Minister, New Zealand
November 19, 1945: Clement R. Attlee, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
June 11, 1947: Harry S. Truman, President, United States
October 24, 1949: Pandit Jewaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister, India
May 31, 1950: Liaquat Ali Khan, Prime Minister, Pakistan
April 5, 1951: Vincent Auriol, President, French Republic
November 14, 1953: Dwight D. Eisenhower, President, United States
February 6, 1956: Sir Anthony Eden, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
March 5, 1956: Giovanni Gronchi, President, Republic of Italy
June 5, 1956: Achmed Sukarno, President, Republic of Indonesia
March 4, 1957: Guy Mollet, Prime Minister, French Republic
June 2, 1958: Theodor Heuss, President, Federal Republic of Germany
June 13, 1958: Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
July 9, 1958: Dwight D. Eisenhower, President, United States
July 21, 1958: Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister, Ghana
May 17, 1961: John F. Kennedy, President, United States
May 26, 1964: U Thant, Secretary-General, United Nations
April 14, 1972: Richard M. Nixon, President, United States
March 30, 1973: Luis Echeverria, President, Mexico
June 19, 1973: Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister, India
May 5, 1980: Masayoshi Ohira, Prime Minister, Japan
May 26, 1980: José Lopez Portillo, President, Mexico
March 11, 1981: Ronald W. Reagan, President, United States
September 26, 1983: Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
January 17, 1984: Zhao Ziyang, Premier, State Council, People’s Republic of China
May 8, 1984: Miguel de la Madrid, President, Mexico
March 7, 1985: Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General, United Nations
January 13, 1986: Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister, Japan
April 6, 1987: Ronald W. Reagan, President, United States
May 25, 1987: François Mitterand, President, French Republic
May 10, 1988: Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
June 16, 1988: Helmut Kohl, Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany
June 22, 1988: Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
February 27, 1989: Chaim Herzog, President, State of Israel
October 11, 1989: His Majesty King Hussein Bin Talal, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
June 18, 1990: Nelson Mandela, Deputy President, African National Congress
April 8, 1991: Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President, Mexico
June 19, 1992: Boris Yeltsin, President, Federation of Russia
February 23, 1995: William J. Clinton, President, United States
June 11, 1996: Ernesto Zedillo, President, Mexico
September 24, 1998: Nelson Mandela, President, Republic of South Africa
April 29, 1999: Vaclav Havel, President, Czech Republic
February 22, 2001: Tony Blair, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
March 9, 2004: Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations
October 25, 2004: Vicente Fox Quesada, President, Mexico
May 18, 2006: John Howard, Prime Minister, Australia
September 22, 2006: Hamid Karzaï, President, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
May 26, 2008: Victor Yushchenko, President, Ukraine
May 27, 2010: Felipe Calderón, President, Mexico
September 22, 2011: David Cameron, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
February 27, 2014: His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th Hereditary Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims
September 17, 2014: Petro Poroshenko, President, Ukraine
November 3, 2014: François Hollande, President, French Republic
June 29, 2016: Barack H. Obama, President, United States
April 12, 2017: Malala Yousafzai, Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
October 25, 2018: Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Source: House of Commons

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UPDATED | Bomb unit removes 'volatile substance' from Winnipeg hospital research centre

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UPDATED Bomb unit removes 'volatile substance' from Winnipeg hospital research centre

UPDATED Bomb unit removes 'volatile substance' from Winnipeg hospital research centre

WEATHER Windy start to long weekend expected, sun and showers possible