Question Period: Expatriate VotingJune 21, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: Question PeriodHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, my question is for the Government Representative in the Senate. It concerns the Iranian elections held…
Third reading of Bill C-218, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sports betting)June 17, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, five short years from now soccer fans from around the world will stream into Canada…
James Ross Hurley—Congratulations on Eightieth BirthdayJune 8, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: StatementsHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, in the fall of 1974, as a student at the University of Waterloo, I was invited…
Motion Concerning Genocide of Uyghurs and Other Turkic Muslims by the People’s Republic of ChinaJune 3, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I speak to you tonight from the unceded territory of the Algonquin people. This debate comes…
Second reading of Bill S-4, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other ActsMay 6, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I rise virtually today to speak to Bill S-4, An Act to amend the Parliament of…
Second reading of Bill C-18, An Act to implement the Agreement on Trade Continuity between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandMarch 15, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, it is my pleasure to speak today as the sponsor of Bill C-18, An Act to…
Bill C-7 – Motion for Non-Insistence Upon Senate Amendments and Concurrence in Commons Amendments – Sen. HarderMarch 15, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: I’d like to briefly make comments with respect to the motion on the message we have received from…
The Hon. Peter HarderMarch 10, 2021Author: The Hon. Peter HarderPeter Harder entered the Upper Chamber in April 2016, as the first Independent Senator appointed under a new non-partisan selection…
Second reading of Bill C-7, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) – Sen. HarderDecember 14, 2020Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I rise to add my voice to the debate on Bill C-7. I have and…
Lincoln, OntarioNovember 19, 2020Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: StatementsHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I rise today to acknowledge the fiftieth anniversary of the town of Lincoln, Ontario, my…