Bill C-7, Medical Assistance in Dying – Third Reading
2nd Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 152, Issue 24 Monday, February 8, 2021 The Honourable Pierrette Ringuette, Speaker pro tempore Criminal Code Bill to Amend—Third Reading—Debate Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, I rise [...]
Treatment of Gender Violence in Sudan and Especially Darfur
From 2002-2006 I served as Canada’s Special Envoy for Peace in Sudan. In 2004, during the height of the crisis [...]
Women’s Rights in Sudan
Recently, I attended the 8th International Darfur Women Action Group Symposium. The Darfur Women Action Group is a women-led [...]
The first time I could vote I was 30…
On October 21st Canadians will head to the polls, many for the first time. According to Elections Canada, 27.2 [...]
The Changing Face of National Security, Cyber Threats – Part 1
If critical infrastructure is Canada’s newest vulnerability to watch in the 21st century, then cyberattacks are Canada’s biggest threat to watch. The term cyberattack covers a large number of different threats related to computers. It describes anything from spyware which passively watches anything an infected computer does, to ransomware, which [...]
Women in the CAF – Sexual Misconduct and Operation Honour
While writing blogs on different aspects of national defence, I usually start with statistics to provide context about each topic. However, statistics cannot even begin to describe the horror of the sexual violence that plagues our military. Instead, I will quote Lise Gauthier, a woman who frequently dealt with sexual [...]
The Changing Face of National Security: Critical Infrastructure
With the 21st century, our way of viewing national security has changed. Discussions on national security are shifting to address a new vulnerability for Canada: our dependence on certain assets in our everyday lives! For example, we expect continuous use of electricity for our appliances and buildings, we need telecommunications [...]
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Democratic Rights, Part 3 – Voting Rights in the Modern Day
Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of the members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein. In my previous blog, I outlined how the democratic rights from Sections 3 to 5 of the [...]
Eid Mubarak!
This is a very auspicious week, as we celebrated one of the biggest Muslim holidays – Eid Al Fitr, and Multiculturalism day! Eid Al-Fitr signifies the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. This makes Eid one of my favorite holidays in the Muslim calendar, because it is [...]
Women in the Canadian Armed Forces: Recruitment
Today, I will return to a topic that I have covered in several previous posts, and will continue to repeat: the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is struggling to meet its goals for female representation, and is showing few signs of improvement. In fact, the Auditor General released a report in [...]
Canada’s Urgent Need for A Race-Based Analysis of all Policies in Every Level of our Government
I want to begin by thanking and acknowledging the words of many of our country’s most prominent politicians, including our Prime Minister, who have unequivocally condemned all acts of racism in any form, both here in Canada, and abroad. These sentiments provide critical leadership in a time when it [...]
Dasht-e-Barchi Maternity Ward Attack – Part 2
Last week I wrote about the terrible attack on Dasht-e-Barchi’s maternity ward. Gunmen had stormed that hospital and killed scores of innocent civilians, mothers in labor, others waiting for delivery, and newborn children less than an hour old. Three women in the delivery room with their unborn babies were [...]
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