The Progressive Senate Group – The Progressives

In the Senate

The Honourable Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard, O.C., O.N.S.—Congratulations on Afroglobal Television’s Excellence Award

November 1, 2022

Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy (retired)

Category: Statements

Hon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, it is my pleasure to rise today to celebrate the achievement of one of our own…

Ministerial Question Period: Safety of Indigenous Women and Girls

October 27, 2022

Author: The Hon. Michèle Audette

Category: Question Period

Hon. Michèle Audette: Kwei, minister. [Editor’s Note: Senator Audette spoke in Innu.] Minister, last June the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples…

Ministerial Question Period: Commercial Shipments to Newfoundland and Labrador

October 27, 2022

Author: The Hon. Brian Francis

Category: Question Period

Hon. Brian Francis: Minister, on September 1, Marine Atlantic eliminated the Commercial Other PRV classification for units under 30 feet. As a…

Ministerial Question Period: National Trade Corridors

October 27, 2022

Author: The Hon. Marty Klyne

Category: Question Period

Hon. Marty Klyne: Minister, since 2012, we have seen consistent declines in Canada’s world infrastructure rankings from tenth to thirty-second. The…

Visit of Moussa Faki Mahamat to Canada

October 27, 2022

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Statements

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, I rise today to underscore the tremendous importance of this week’s visit to Canada by Moussa…

Alanis Obomsawin, C.C.

October 26, 2022

Author: The Hon. Brian Francis

Category: Statements

Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, I rise today to pay tribute to Alanis Obomsawin. As a member of the Abenaki Nation,…

Motion in amendment—Third reading of Bill S-236, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island), as amended

October 25, 2022

Author: The Hon. Diane Bellemare (retired)

Category: Speeches

Hon. Diane Bellemare: Honourable senators, I rise today to lend my support to this amendment. I will be brief. I had…

Question Period: Mandatory Training for the Federal Public Service

October 25, 2022

Author: The Hon. Brian Francis

Category: Question Period

Hon. Brian Francis: My question is for Senator Gold. According to recent news reports, only about 18% of federal government employees…

October 3, 2022, Quebec Election

October 25, 2022

Author: The Hon. Michèle Audette

Category: Statements

Hon. Michèle Audette: [Editor’s Note: Senator Audette spoke in Innu.] Kwei, honourable colleagues. I rise today in the upper chamber with…

African Democracies

October 20, 2022

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Statements

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, when asked a few days ago about the reduction of Western aid to African countries and…

The Progressive Senate Group – The Progressives

In the Senate

The Honourable Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard, O.C., O.N.S.—Congratulations on Afroglobal Television’s Excellence Award

Ministerial Question Period: Safety of Indigenous Women and Girls

Ministerial Question Period: Commercial Shipments to Newfoundland and Labrador

Ministerial Question Period: National Trade Corridors

Visit of Moussa Faki Mahamat to Canada

Alanis Obomsawin, C.C.

Motion in amendment—Third reading of Bill S-236, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act and the Employment Insurance Regulations (Prince Edward Island), as amended

Question Period: Mandatory Training for the Federal Public Service

October 3, 2022, Quebec Election

African Democracies

The Progressive Senators

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