Ministerial Question Period: Mandatory Minimum Penalties
Author: The Hon. Pierre Dalphond
Category: Question Period
Hon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Welcome to the Senate, minister. As part of the study of Bill C-5, which proposes to abolish 20…
In the Senate
Ministerial Question Period: Mandatory Minimum Penalties
Author: The Hon. Marty Klyne
Category: Question Period
Hon. Marty Klyne: Minister Lametti, with Bill C-5, the government is moving away from mandatory minimum penalties for some crimes, as a…
Ministerial Question Period: Mandatory Training for the Federal Public Service
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Category: Question Period
Hon. Brian Francis: CBC News reported that few federal public servants are taking part in the Indigenous-related training offered through the…
Ministerial Question Period: The Creation of an Indigenous Ombudsperson Position
Author: The Hon. Michèle Audette
Category: Question Period
Hon. Michèle Audette: Minister, as you know, the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples released its report entitled Not Enough: All Words…
The Late Mary Victoria Colley and the Late Doris Ida Evans
Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy
Category: Statements
Hon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, I rise today on behalf of my colleague Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, who is unable to…
Second Reading of Bill S-241, Jane Goodall Act
Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy
Category: Speeches
Hon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, I acknowledge that I rise to speak today from the unceded territory of the Algonquin and…
Question Period: Creation of Indigenous Ombudsperson Position
Author: The Hon. Michèle Audette
Category: Question Period
Hon. Michèle Audette: Honourable senators, my first question is for the Government Representative in the Senate. Today is an important…
Treaty Day
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Category: Statements
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, Treaty Day, which is held annually on October 1, is the start of Mi’kmaq History Month. It…
Speech from the Throne—Motion for Address in Reply
Author: The Hon. Marty Klyne
Category: Speeches
Hon. Marty Klyne: Honourable Senators, my remarks today follow Senator Harder’s comments of May 11 in this chamber toward a plan for…
Question Period: Canada Water Agency
Author: The Hon. Marty Klyne
Category: Question Period
Hon. Marty Klyne: Senator Gold, the environment minister’s mandate letter includes creating a Canada water agency, or CWA. We’ve seen many…