Voices of Youth Indigenous LeadersJune 7, 2023Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: StatementsHon. Michèle Audette: Good afternoon. [Editor’s Note: Senator Audette spoke in Innu-aimun.] Colleagues, I just want to take a few seconds…
Voices of Youth Indigenous LeadersJune 7, 2023Author: The Hon. Brian FrancisCategory: StatementsHon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, I am pleased to rise today during National Indigenous History Month to pay tribute to the…
Second reading of Bill C-45, An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to make a clarification relating to another ActMay 30, 2023Author: The Hon. Marty KlyneCategory: SpeechesHon. Marty Klyne moved second reading of Bill C-45, An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential…
Reconciliation through the ArtsMarch 29, 2023Author: The Hon. Patricia Bovey (retired)Category: StatementsHon. Patricia Bovey: Honourable senators, it’s a real treat to welcome my long-time visual arts colleague Pat Grattan. How many times…
Canada’s digital divide hurts Indigenous and rural communitiesJanuary 18, 2023Author: The Hon. Marty KlyneCategory: NewsIf you’re reading this text online, chances are you have a stable, high-speed internet connection and the skills necessary to…
Ninth Report of Indigenous Peoples CommitteeDecember 8, 2022Author: The Hon. Brian FrancisCategory: SpeechesHon. Brian Francis: Honourable senators, I rise today to speak on the ninth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous…
Second reading of Bill S-251, An Act to repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s call to action number 6)December 6, 2022Author: The Hon. Marty KlyneCategory: SpeechesHon. Marty Klyne: Honourable senators, I rise to speak in support of Bill S-251, An Act to repeal section 43 of the Criminal…
Second reading of Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliationDecember 6, 2022Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: SpeechesHon. Michèle Audette moved second reading of Bill C-29, An Act to provide for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation.…
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and GirlsDenise Pictou-MaloneyNovember 22, 2022Author: The Hon. Michèle AudetteCategory: StatementsHon. Michèle Audette: Good afternoon, honourable senators. [Editor’s Note: Senator Audette spoke in Innu.] Greetings, all. Colleagues, I rise before you…
Question Period: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous PeoplesNovember 3, 2022Author: The Hon. Marty KlyneCategory: Question PeriodHon. Marty Klyne: Senator Gold, in September and October, this chamber heard from Minister Miller and Minister Lametti on the government’s work…