Question Period: Study Permit Processing BacklogSeptember 21, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane CordyCategory: Question PeriodHon. Jane Cordy: Senator Gold, as we return to the Senate this week, there are many university students across the country…
Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IISeptember 20, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane CordyCategory: StatementsHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, I rise today on behalf of the Progressive Senate Group to add words of condolence on…
Expression of Thanks and Good WishesJune 23, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane CordyCategory: In the Senate, SpeechesHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, on behalf of the Progressive Senate Group, I would like to take a moment to offer…
Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Zion Lutheran Church in LunenburgJune 23, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane CordyCategory: In the Senate, StatementsHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, I rise today in recognition of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, which is…
Question Period: Independent External Comprehensive Review (National Defence)June 22, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane CordyCategory: In the Senate, Question PeriodHon. Jane Cordy: Senator Gold, on May 20, after nearly a year of study, former Supreme Court Justice Louise Arbour released her…
Committee of the Whole: Subject matter of Bill C-28, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (self-induced extreme intoxication)June 21, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy, The Hon. Patricia BoveyCategory: In the SenateSenator Cordy: Minister, thank you for dealing with the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R v. Brown and R v. Sullivan in such an expeditious manner.…
National Sickle Cell Awareness DayJune 20, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane CordyCategory: In the Senate, StatementsHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, yesterday, on Sunday, June 19, we celebrated World Sickle Cell Day and National Sickle Cell…
Second reading of Bill S-246, An Act respecting Lebanese Heritage MonthJune 7, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane CordyCategory: In the Senate, SpeechesHon. Jane Cordy moved second reading of Bill S-246, An Act respecting Lebanese Heritage Month. She said: Honourable senators, Canada is a…
Mental Health WeekMay 12, 2022Author: The Hon. Jane CordyCategory: In the Senate, StatementsHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, oftentimes we can get swept up in our thoughts or the everyday living of life, and…