Bill C-7, Medical Assistance in Dying – Message from Commons
2nd Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 152, Issue 30 Monday, March 15, 2021 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Criminal Code Bill to Amend—Message from Commons—Motion for Non-Insistence Upon Senate Amendments and Concurrence in [...]
National Social Work Month 2020
Every year during the month of March, Canadians celebrate the contributions that social workers make to communities across our [...]
Persecution of the Baha’is in Yemen: Hamed bin Haydara
On 22 March an appeals court in Sana’a, Yemen upheld a religiously-motivated death sentence against Mr. Haydara who [...]
Second Reading – Bill S-1001 – Girl Guides of Canada Act
1st Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 151, Issue 15 Wednesday, March 11, 2020 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker [...]
Trans Mountain Pipeline
1st Session, 42nd Parliament Volume 150, Issue 191 Wednesday, March 28, 2018 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Natural Resources Trans Mountain Pipeline Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: My question is also for the Leader of the Government in the Senate. Yesterday, Minister Carr, Minister of Natural Resources, joined us [...]
Trans Mountain Pipeline
1st Session, 42nd Parliament Volume 150, Issue 190 Tuesday, March 27, 2018 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Ministry of Natural Resources Trans Mountain Pipeline Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Minister, I would like to thank you for your presence in the Senate today. I am from British [...]
Expression of Thanks
1st Session, 42nd Parliament Volume 150, Issue 190 Tuesday, March 27, 2018 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Expression of Thanks Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, I rise today to give heartfelt thanks to the Honourable Speaker of the Senate, my fellow senators, and the Senate [...]
Black History Month
"We must open the doors and we must see to it they remain open, so that others can pass through." - Rosemary Brown During the month of February we as a community come together to recognize the important and lasting contributions of people of African and Caribbean descent in [...]
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Legal Rights, Part 2 – Liberty and Security of Person
Out of all the sections in the Charter, few have seen as many landmark rulings as Section 7, which contains the right to life, liberty and security of person. In my previous blog, I demonstrated this by highlighting how the right to life has changed over the last 35 years- [...]
National Defence Gender Representation
1st Session, 42nd Parliament Volume 150, Issue 155 Thursday, November 2, 2017 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker National Defence Gender Representation Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: My question is also to the leader in the Senate. Leader, my question deals with Minister Freeland’s announcement regarding women, peace and security. [...]
National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism
1st Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 151, Issue 26 Tuesday, June 23, 2020 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Fighting Terrorism Hon. Yuen Pau Woo: Honourable colleagues, on this, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Air India bombing, an event often referred to as the largest mass murder in Canadian history, I’m [...]
Consideration of Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A) in Committee of the Whole (Systemic Racism)
1st Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 151, Issue 26 Tuesday, June 23, 2020 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker The Estimates, 2020-21 Consideration of Main Estimates and Supplementary Estimates (A) in Committee of the Whole On the Order: The Senate in Committee of the Whole to consider the expenditures set [...]
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