Full Name
Marty McKendry
Job Title
Senior Advisor - Parliamentary Strategy
Company
Senate of Canada (Senator Klyne and Senator Dalphond)
Speaker Bio
Marty McKendry is a lawyer and parliamentary advisor to two senators, the Honourable Pierre Dalphond and the Honourable Marty Klyne. Marty previously worked with former Senator Murray Sinclair to draft and introduce Bill S-218, the Jane Goodall Act, and with former Senator Wilfred Moore to draft and advance Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, later sponsored by former Senator Sinclair, and now law.
Marty also worked to advance many successful animal welfare and environmental protection bills in the previous Parliament as Director of Parliamentary Affairs to the Government Representative in the newly independent Senate. These bills included C-84 (animal fighting and abuse); C-68 (fish habitat protection and shark fin ban); and C-55 (Marine Protected Areas expansion).
Marty has a Master’s degree in philosophy and a law degree from the University of Toronto.
Marty also worked to advance many successful animal welfare and environmental protection bills in the previous Parliament as Director of Parliamentary Affairs to the Government Representative in the newly independent Senate. These bills included C-84 (animal fighting and abuse); C-68 (fish habitat protection and shark fin ban); and C-55 (Marine Protected Areas expansion).
Marty has a Master’s degree in philosophy and a law degree from the University of Toronto.
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