Question Period: United Nations Principles for Older PersonsJune 8, 2021Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)Category: Question PeriodHon. Patricia Bovey: Honourable senators, this question is for the Government Representative in the Senate. Senator Gold, wellness and the quality…
James Ross Hurley—Congratulations on Eightieth BirthdayJune 8, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: StatementsHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, in the fall of 1974, as a student at the University of Waterloo, I was invited…
London, Ontario—Victims of Tragedy—TributesJune 8, 2021Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy (retired)Category: StatementsHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, on behalf of the Progressive Senate Group, I would like to add our voice to those…
Motion Concerning Genocide of Uyghurs and Other Turkic Muslims by the People’s Republic of ChinaJune 3, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I speak to you tonight from the unceded territory of the Algonquin people. This debate comes…
Bill C-5—Consideration of Subject Matter in Committee of the Whole—Senator KlyneJune 3, 2021Author: The Hon. Marty KlyneCategory: In the SenateSenator Klyne: Minister, thank you for being here with us today. By establishing a national day for truth and reconciliation, Bill C-5 answers…
Bill C-5—Consideration of Subject Matter in Committee of the Whole—Senator BoveyJune 3, 2021Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)Category: In the SenateSenator Bovey: Thank you, Minister Guilbeault, for being with us today to discuss this important bill, one I support wholeheartedly. “There…
Bill C-5—Consideration of Subject Matter in Committee of the Whole—Senator FrancisJune 3, 2021Author: The Hon. Brian FrancisCategory: In the SenateSenator Francis: Welcome, Minister Guilbeault. Thank you for being here today to assist us in the prompt passage of Bill C-5. The…
Question Period: Federal Pathway ReportJune 3, 2021Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy (retired)Category: Question PeriodHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, I would like to begin by acknowledging that I’m joining you from Mi’kmaki, the ancestral territory…
Portrait Gallery of CanadaJune 3, 2021Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)Category: StatementsHon. Patricia Bovey: Thank you, Your Honour, and I thank the CSG for giving me this spot. Just a few months…
Youth Aging Out of Foster CareJune 3, 2021Author: The Hon. Wanda Thomas BernardCategory: StatementsHon. Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard: Honourable senators, I rise today to speak to the issues faced by young people exiting foster…