The Progressive Senate Group – The Progressives

The Hon. Amina Gerba

Senator Amina Gerba introduces Bill S-215 in the Senate to establish “National Immigration Month”

May 29, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: News

Ottawa, May 29, 2025 – Yesterday, Senator Amina Gerba officially reintroduced in the Senate Bill S-215, An Act to Respecting…

Africa Day

May 28, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Statements

Hon. Amina Gerba: Colleagues, I’m very pleased to be with you here again for the Forty-fifth Parliament. I would like to…

African markets can help break Canada’s dependence on the U.S.

March 18, 2025

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: News

It’s time for Canada to remove itself from its vulnerable position where more than 75 per cent of its exports…

Retention of Immigrants

November 27, 2024

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Statements

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, the Conference Board of Canada’s recent report The Leaky Bucket 2024 paints a worrying picture. Canada, a country…

Future of CBC/Radio-Canada—Inquiry

November 26, 2024

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Speeches

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, I’m pleased to be able to participate in the excellent debate initiated by our colleague Senator…

Fifteenth Report of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee—Bill C-282

November 19, 2024

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Speeches

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, I rise to speak to the report of the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and…

Question Period: Black Entrepreneurship Program

October 31, 2024

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Question Period

Hon. Amina Gerba: Senator Gold, the Black Entrepreneurship Program, or BEP, which was implemented by the government in 2020, has supported…

Immigration Levels

October 31, 2024

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Statements

Hon. Amina Gerba: Colleagues, the federal government recently announced that it will drastically reduce the number of permanent immigrants by 100,000…

Question Period: Immigration Levels

October 29, 2024

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Question Period

Hon. Amina Gerba: I will pursue this same line of thought. The Prime Minister’s announcement has received extensive coverage. The decision…

Senator Gerba pays tribute to the Honourable Diane Bellemare

October 10, 2024

Author: The Hon. Amina Gerba

Category: Statements

Hon. Amina Gerba: Honourable senators, I rise today to pay tribute to an exceptional parliamentarian, a great Quebecer and a great…