Ministerial Question Period: Indigenous Police ServicesMay 31, 2023Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: Question PeriodHon. Michèle Audette: Minister, I have two questions about working with Indigenous leaders. The bill responds to a Call for Justice…
Second reading of Bill C-226, National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice BillMay 9, 2023Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: SpeechesHon. Michèle Audette: [Editor’s Note: Senator Audette spoke in an Indigenous language.] Honourable senators, I rise today to speak to Bill C-226, An…
AwacakApril 26, 2023Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: StatementsHon. Michèle Audette: Your Honour, Senator Cordy and Anishinaabe people, I am speaking to you. [Editor’s Note: Senator Audette spoke in an…
Ministerial Question Period: Housing and InfrastructureApril 25, 2023Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: Question PeriodHon. Michèle Audette: Kuei, minister. Calls for Justice 4.1 and 4.8 of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women…
Alanis Obomsawin, C.C., G.O.Q.April 18, 2023Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: StatementsHon. Michèle Audette: [Editor’s Note: Senator Audette spoke in an Indigenous language.] Once again, I want to thank the Anishinaabe people for…
Heart and Stroke Foundation of CanadaFebruary 2, 2023Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: StatementsHon. Michèle Audette: Honourable senators, it is February, the love month. More importantly, it is heart month, and I rise to…
Ministerial Question Period: First Nations National Guardians NetworkDecember 14, 2022Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: Question PeriodHon. Michèle Audette: Minister, I, too, am a proud Innu, Quebec and, to a small degree, Labradorian senator. Last week, the…
Indigenous-led conservation key to protecting Mother EarthDecember 12, 2022Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: NewsI come from the boreal forest, land of the Atiku (caribou), a sacred animal for the Innuat. My people used to…
Second reading of Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliationDecember 6, 2022Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: SpeechesHon. Michèle Audette moved second reading of Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation.…
Ministerial Question Period: Entitlement to Indian RegistrationNovember 24, 2022Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: Question PeriodHon. Michèle Audette: Kwe, minister. We’ll start from the same principle of self-determination. Your government made a series of amendments — Bill C-3…