The Hon. Amina Gerba

Commissioner of Official Languages—Kelly Burke Received in Committee of the Whole

February 10, 2026

Senator Gerba: Welcome and congratulations on your appointment, which will hopefully be confirmed, given your background, which our colleague highlighted. You…

Nation-Building Value of Tourism—Inquiry

February 10, 2026

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Speeches

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, I would first like to thank Senator Sorensen for raising this inquiry into the nation-building value…

Black History Month 2026

February 4, 2026

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Statements

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, in 2026, Black History Month is celebrating 30 years of official recognition in Canada. This year’s…

Question Period: Canada’s Africa Strategy

November 26, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Question Period

Hon. Amina Gerba: Leader, in March of this year, Canada announced a new Africa strategy. At the recent G20 summit in South…

International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

November 19, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Statements

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, on this International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, as rapporteur for the Commission on Economic, Social and Environmental…

Question Period: Canada-Africa Relations

November 5, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Question Period

Hon. Amina Gerba: My question is for the Government Representative in the Senate. Senator Moreau, in his economic address on October 22,…

Black Entrepreneurship Program

October 23, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Statements

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, when we celebrate Small Business Week, we celebrate the people who are building our country’s economy…

Motion Pertaining to the Situation in Gaza

October 8, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Speeches

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, October 7, 2023, will always be remembered as a day of horror. Hamas launched an unspeakably violent…

Third reading of Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures)

October 1, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Speeches

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, I rise today with deep emotion and a keen sense of responsibility at third reading stage…

Third reading of Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act

June 26, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Speeches

Hon. Amina Gerba: Colleagues, I rise today at third reading of Bill C-5, Part 2, which seeks to build the Canada of…

The Progressive Senate Group – The Progressives

Commissioner of Official Languages—Kelly Burke Received in Committee of the Whole

Nation-Building Value of Tourism—Inquiry

Black History Month 2026

Question Period: Canada’s Africa Strategy

International Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

Question Period: Canada-Africa Relations

Black Entrepreneurship Program

Motion Pertaining to the Situation in Gaza

Third reading of Bill S-228, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures)

Third reading of Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act

The Progressive Senators

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