The Progressive Senate Group – The Progressives

In the Senate

Committee of the Whole on Bill C-39: Senator Bellemare questions Ministers Lametti and Duclos

March 8, 2023

Author: The Hon. Diane Bellemare (retired)

Senator Bellemare: Regarding the extension you’re asking for in Bill C-39, what will your government do in the meantime to relieve the…

Committee of the Whole on Bill C-39: Senator Cardozo questions Ministers Lametti and Duclos

March 8, 2023

Author: The Hon. Andrew Cardozo

Category: In the Senate

Senator Cardozo: Thank you, Minister Lametti and Minister Duclos for being with us for this important debate. I have two questions…

Question Period: Copyright Act Reform

March 8, 2023

Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)

Category: Question Period

Hon. Patricia Bovey: Senator Gold, last Friday, eight arrests were made in the largest art fraud in Canada. About 1,000 fake…

International Women’s Day

March 8, 2023

Author: The Hon. Wanda Thomas Bernard

Category: Statements

Hon. Wanda Thomas Bernard: Honourable senators, I rise today to celebrate International Women’s Day. The theme this year is #EmbraceEquity. This…

Second reading of Bill C-22, Canada Disability Benefit Bill

March 7, 2023

Author: The Hon. Diane Bellemare (retired)

Category: Speeches

Hon. Diane Bellemare: Honourable senators, I first want to acknowledge that we are here today on the unceded territory of the…

Second reading of Bill C-22, Canada Disability Benefit Bill

March 7, 2023

Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)

Category: Speeches

Hon. Patricia Bovey: Honourable senators, I, too, rise today to speak to Bill C-22, an act to reduce poverty and to support…

Second reading of Bill C-22, Canada Disability Benefit Bill

March 7, 2023

Author: The Hon. Wanda Thomas Bernard

Category: Speeches

Hon. Wanda Thomas Bernard: Honourable senators, I acknowledge that we are currently on the traditional unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin…

Ministerial Question Period: Elver Fishery

March 7, 2023

Author: The Hon. Brian Francis

Category: Question Period

Hon. Brian Francis: Minister Murray, in line with Recommendation 2 of the report titled Peace on the Water, in 2022 and 2023…

Ministerial Question Period: Anti-racism Training

March 7, 2023

Author: The Hon. Brian Francis

Category: Question Period

Hon. Brian Francis: Minister Murray, for decades, First Nations in Atlantic Canada have been subject to extensive government surveillance, policing and…