Question Period: Employment Insurance ReformDecember 13, 2022Author: The Hon. Diane Bellemare (retired)Category: Question PeriodHon. Diane Bellemare: My question is for the Government Representative and concerns employment insurance. I asked you this question a while…
Stephanie MacInnis-Langley—Congratulations on RetirementDecember 13, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy (retired)Category: StatementsHon. 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 AppointmentsDecember 13, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy (retired)Category: StatementsHon. 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 CommitteeDecember 8, 2022Author: The Hon. Brian FrancisCategory: SpeechesHon. 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 CanadaDecember 8, 2022Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)Category: Question PeriodHon. Patricia Bovey: My question is for the Government Representative in the Senate. The situation at the National Gallery needs to…
Climate Change—Cultural and Heritage SitesDecember 7, 2022Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)Category: StatementsHon. 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)December 6, 2022Author: The Hon. Marty KlyneCategory: SpeechesHon. 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 reconciliationDecember 6, 2022Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: SpeechesHon. Michèle Audette moved second reading of Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation.…
Question Period: National Gallery of CanadaDecember 6, 2022Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)Category: Question PeriodHon. Patricia Bovey: My question is for the Government Representative in the Senate. Senator Gold, the recent, unexpected and sudden firing…
Al MacPhee—Congratulations on Eightieth BirthdayDecember 6, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy (retired)Category: StatementsHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, I would like to speak about someone who has contributed greatly to my city of Dartmouth…