Motion to Affect Committee Membership—Amendment by Senator Bellemare – Sen. DalphondOctober 28, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre DalphondCategory: SpeechesHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Honourable senators, I did not intend to speak to this subject today, but a lot of…
Question of Privilege – Sen. DalphondOctober 28, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre DalphondCategory: SpeechesHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Your Honour, I have a question of privilege. Honourable senators, I rise to raise a question…
Motion to Authorize Hybrid SittingsOctober 27, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre DalphondCategory: SpeechesHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: I want to thank my colleagues from all groups who have participated in the debate so…
Third reading of Bill C-4, An Act relating to certain measures in response to COVID-19October 2, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre DalphondCategory: SpeechesHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Honourable senators, I would like to begin by extending my deepest condolences to the family of…
Question Period: Action Plan for Crown-Indigenous RelationsJune 23, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre Dalphond, The Hon. Sandra Lovelace NicholasCategory: Question PeriodHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Honourable senators, I would like to ask a question of the Government Representative on behalf of…
Motion to Cease the Provisions of Motion No. 37 Adopted on March 11, 2020June 23, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre DalphondCategory: SpeechesHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Honourable senators, I rise to urge this chamber to reconsider and repeal the motion adopted without…
Motion that No Senate Committee be Considered a Standing or Special Committee for the Remainder of the Current SessionJune 22, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre DalphondCategory: SpeechesHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Honourable senators, I would like to provide some reasons in support of the motion in my…
Second reading of Bill S-218, An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (property qualifications of Senators)June 18, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre DalphondCategory: SpeechesHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: The $4,000 issue goes back a very long time — too long, sadly. As our colleague…
Motion to Authorize Committee to Refer Workplace Assessment Report Commissioned by the Committee During the Second Session of Forty-First Parliament to Current SessionJune 18, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre DalphondCategory: SpeechesHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Honourable senators, on February 27, 2020, Senator Housakos made an important motion before this house, in…
Motion to Fill Any Vacancy in the Position of the Speaker Pro Tempore by Secret Ballot for the Remainder of the Current Session and to Discharge the First Report of the Committee of Selection from the Order Paper—Motion in AmendmentJune 18, 2020Author: The Hon. Pierre DalphondCategory: SpeechesHon. Pierre J. Dalphond: Honourable senators, I rise today to speak to the amendment that Senator Saint-Germain proposed yesterday to…