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…
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…
Tiananmen Square MassacreJune 2, 2021Author: The Hon. Jim Munson (retired)Category: StatementsHon. Jim Munson: Honourable senators, this will be my last statement on the massacre in Tiananmen Square 32 years ago. These…
Honouring Indigenous Arts, Cultures and TraditionsJune 1, 2021Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)Category: StatementsHon. Patricia Bovey: Honourable senators, like all Canadians, the horror of the discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children at…
Kamloops Indian Residential School—Remains of Indigenous Children Found on Site—TributesJune 1, 2021Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy (retired)Category: StatementsHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, I would like to begin by acknowledging that I am joining from you from Mi’gma’ki, the ancestral…
The Intersection of Art with Tourism and SportMay 26, 2021Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)Category: StatementsHon. Patricia Bovey: Honourable senators, this time of year proffers many special days and weeks heralding key events and aspects of…
Asian Heritage MonthMay 25, 2021Author: The Hon. Wanda Thomas BernardCategory: StatementsHon. Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard: Honourable senators, I rise today, during Asian Heritage Month, to recognize the important work of the…
The Honourable Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard—Congratulations on Frank McKenna AwardMay 6, 2021Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy (retired)Category: StatementsHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, I am pleased to be speaking to you from the unceded land of the Mi’kmaq people…