International Human Rights DayDecember 10, 2020Author: The Hon. Wanda Thomas BernardCategory: StatementsHon. Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard: Honourable senators, today, for International Human Rights Day, I wish to highlight an organization that…
Tribute to the Honourable Lillian Eva Dyck – Sen. BernardDecember 10, 2020Author: The Hon. Wanda Thomas BernardCategory: StatementsHon. Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard: Honourable senators, I’m honoured to share my voice today. I want to speak today on…
Motion to Authorize Committee to Study Issues Relating to the Human Rights of Federally Sentenced Persons in the Correctional System and Refer Papers and Evidence from First Session of the Forty-Second Parliament to Current SessionDecember 1, 2020Author: The Hon. Wanda Thomas BernardCategory: SpeechesHon. Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard: Honourable senators, today I speak in support of Motion No. 31, that the Standing Senate…
Committee of the Whole to Consider Subject Matter of Bill C-9 – Sen. BernardNovember 17, 2020Author: The Hon. Wanda Thomas BernardCategory: In the SenateSenator Bernard: My first question is a follow up to Senator Cordy’s question and your response, minister. You said that…
Women’s History Month—Tribute to Eliza BrooksOctober 28, 2020Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey, The Hon. Wanda Thomas BernardCategory: StatementsHon. Patricia Bovey: Honourable senators, I rise today to read a statement on behalf of our colleague Senator Bernard, who…
Anti-Black RacismOctober 2, 2020Author: The Hon. Jane Cordy, The Hon. Wanda Thomas BernardCategory: StatementsHon. Jane Cordy: Honourable senators, it is my honour, on behalf of Senator Bernard, to read a statement that she…
Emancipation DayJuly 27, 2020Author: The Hon. Jim Munson, The Hon. Wanda Thomas BernardCategory: StatementsHon. Jim Munson: Honourable senators, I rise today in the name of my colleague in the Progressive Senate Group caucus…