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…
The Late Right Honourable Donald Mazankowski, P.C., C.C.November 4, 2020Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: StatementsHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I rise to pay tribute to the Right Honourable Don Mazankowski. We are a great…
Motion to Affect Committee Membership—Amendment by Senator Bellemare – Sen. HarderOctober 28, 2020Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Colleagues, I’m happy to enter the debate, although briefly, to make a couple of remarks in support…
Third reading of Bill C-20, An Act respecting further COVID-19 measures – Sen. HarderJuly 27, 2020Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it…
End of spring session remarksJune 26, 2020Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: In the SenateHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I hope that you all appreciate how strange this is for me. I look around,…
Appropriation Bill No. 3, 2020–21—Third ReadingJune 25, 2020Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I’m surprised to be called so quickly and I’m delighted to be here to say…
The Estimates, 2020-21—Supplementary Estimates (A)June 23, 2020Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: SpeechesHon. Peter Harder: Honourable senators, I will be very brief because we have had two days of very significant discussion…
Committee of the Whole on the Estimates, 2020-21June 23, 2020Author: The Hon. Peter HarderCategory: In the SenateSenator Harder: Good afternoon, and thank you, ministers and officials, for being here. I’m probably one of the few people…