Question Period: Canada Emergency Response Benefit
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, this question is for Senator Gold. Analysis from The Canadian Press shows that a disproportionate number of First…
The Hon. Brian Francis
Question Period: Employment on Prince Edward Island
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Hon. Brian Francis: Welcome, minister. Prince Edward Island has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. At the same…
Tribute to the Honourable Terry Mercer
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, I would like to take a few minutes today to pay tribute to the Honourable…
Tribute to the late Honourable Josée Forest-Niesing
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, I rise today to pay tribute to our dear colleague and friend Senator Josée Forest-Niesing. As…
Question Period: Support for Farmers and Producers
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, my question is for Senator Gold. Last November, following the detection of potato wart in two…
Papal Apology
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, I rise today to speak to the apology made by His Holiness Pope Francis to Indigenous…
Question Period: Record Suspensions
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Hon. Brian Francis: Minister Mendicino, in 2019 we passed legislation to expedite and reduce barriers for the suspension of records for…
National Indigenous Peoples Day
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Category: Statements
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, June 21, 2021, marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of National Indigenous Peoples Day, a time to celebrate the…
Third reading of Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples—Senator Francis
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Category: Speeches
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, I join you today from Epekwitk, the ancestral and unceded territory of my people, the…
Third reading of Bill C-15, An Act respecting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples—Amendment by Senator McCallum
Author: The Hon. Brian Francis
Category: Speeches
Hon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, I want to first thank Senator McCallum for her speech. As an Indigenous man and an…