Question Period: Employment Insurance Reform
Author: The Hon. Diane Bellemare
Category: Question Period
Hon. Diane Bellemare: My question is for the Government Representative and concerns employment insurance. I asked you this question a while…
In the Senate
Stephanie MacInnis-Langley—Congratulations on Retirement
Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy
Category: Statements
Hon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, I rise today on behalf of our colleague Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard. I rise to pay…
Senator Sharon Burey and Senator Rebecca Patterson—Congratulations on Appointments
Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy
Category: Statements
Hon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, on behalf of the Progressive Senate Group, I’m pleased to once again join other leaders in…
Ninth Report of Indigenous Peoples Committee
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Category: Speeches
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, I rise today to speak on the ninth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous…
Question Period: National Gallery of Canada
Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey
Category: Question Period
Hon. Patricia Bovey: My question is for the Government Representative in the Senate. The situation at the National Gallery needs to…
Equity and Equality for Indigenous People
Author: The Hon. Dawn Anderson
Category: Statements
Hon. Margaret Dawn Anderson: Akana, Your Honour and honourable senators. I rise today to speak to Canada’s inaction to create lasting…
Second reading of Bill S-11, A fourth Act to harmonize federal law with the civil law of Quebec and to amend certain Acts in order to ensure that each language version takes into account the common law and the civil law
Author: The Hon. Pierre Dalphond
Category: Speeches
Hon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Honourable senators, I am pleased to rise today in support of adopting the principle of Bill S-11, which…
Climate Change—Cultural and Heritage Sites
Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey
Category: Statements
Hon. Patricia Bovey: Honourable senators, climate change is dramatic and devastating — the East Coast hurricane; B.C.’s heat dome and floods; the…
Second reading of Bill S-251, An Act to repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to action number 6)
Author: The Hon. Marty Klyne
Category: Speeches
Hon. Marty Klyne: Honourable senators, I rise to speak in support of Bill S-251, An Act to repeal section 43 of the Criminal…
Second reading of Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation
Author: The Hon. Michèle Audette
Category: Speeches
Hon. Michèle Audette moved second reading of Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation.…