Oil Tanker Moratorium Act—Fifth AnniversaryJune 19, 2024Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: StatementsHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I rise to recognize that this Friday, June 21, marks the fifth anniversary of the passage of…
Arrival of Tiessen and Harder Families in Canada—One Hundredth AnniversaryJune 4, 2024Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: StatementsHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I rise today to pay tribute to my grandparents: Peter and Elizabeth Tiessen and the Reverend…
Motion to Authorize National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs Committee to Study Subject Matter of Bill C-20May 23, 2024Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I just want to say a few words on the motion before us with respect to…
Second reading of Bill C-282, An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management)April 11, 2024Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, perhaps I’m out of fashion. I believe in moderation, not polarization; in pluralism, not populism; in…
Twelfth Report of Foreign Affairs and International Trade CommitteeMarch 19, 2024Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I rise today to speak to our Senate Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee’s report entitled More…
Senator Harder pays tribute to the late Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, P.C., C.C., G.O.Q.March 19, 2024Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: StatementsHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I would like to rise to say a few things on behalf of those of us…
Third reading of Bill C-62, An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2February 28, 2024Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I rise on behalf of our colleague Frances Lankin, who is not able to be here,…
Second reading of Bill C-57, An Act to implement the 2023 Free Trade Agreement between Canada and UkraineFebruary 13, 2024Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, before I begin I would like to do a land acknowledgement and acknowledge that we…
Tribute to the late Honorable Ian Shugart, P.C.November 23, 2023Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Thank you, colleagues. The hour is late, but the time is right. We have spent a few weeks…
Message from the Commons—Bill S-8, Immigration and Refugee Protection ActJune 21, 2023Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, my objective is to have the shortest speech of the day. Some Hon. Senators: Hear, hear. Senator…