Happy Holidays
Honorable Senators, 2020 has been a tough year. We have lost loved ones, missed birthday celebrations and graduations, postponed weddings, virtually celebrated religious holidays and cancelled travel plans. This holiday season will also be [...]
Day of the Girl – 2019
130 million girls do not attend school today. In 2012, the United Nations declared that October 11th will be [...]
Imamat Day Mubarak 2019
Today Ismailis around the world will gather and celebrate Imamat Day, which marks that day that His Highness Prince [...]
Canada Day 2019
Every year on Canada Day I remind myself how fortunate I am to call myself a Canadian. 47 years [...]
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Democratic Rights, Part 2 The Evolving Charter
In my last entry for this series, I demonstrated how the democratic rights outlined in sections 3-5 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms were designed to prevent the return of laws from Canadian history that either disenfranchised specific groups or interfered with the fairness of elections. However, by [...]
Women in the Canadian Armed Forces
In yesterday’s blog, I took the opportunity to cover Canada’s difficulties in reaching out to its multicultural population. However, it is worth noting that the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)’s challenges do not end there- it also struggles to recruit and retain women- particularly in the Royal Canadian Air Force, where [...]
Diversity in the Canadian Armed Forces
As Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on National Security and Defence, I have had the opportunity to study several of the important issues affecting our Canadian Armed Forces as a part of our greater study of the Defence Policy Review. The results of this study can be found in [...]
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Democratic Rights, Part 1 Introduction
Starting this week, this blog series will be moving on to a new set of rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: The democratic rights under Sections 3 to 5! This week, I will provide a general overview of these democratic rights, which will act as context for [...]
Canada Border Services Agency – Detention of Refugee Children
1st Session, 42nd Parliament, Volume 150, Issue 133 Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Public Safety Canada Border Services Agency—Detention of Refugee Children Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, my question is also to the leader in the Senate. Leader, I have asked you this [...]
Point of Order
1st Session, 42nd Parliament, Volume 150, Issue 133 Thursday, June 15, 2017 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Point of Order Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, I have a point of order and I do this very reluctantly, but I believe our time has come that when we [...]
Eid Mubarak!
Muslims in Canada and around the world have been observing the holy month of Ramadan: a time of worship, contemplation, and reflection on the need to better understand the faith of Islam. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. The month of Ramadan is also when it [...]
Dasht-e-Barchi Maternity Ward Attack
The other day I happened to be watching the news and I was overcome with grief after seeing a horrific video of mothers and babies being slaughtered and maimed in Afghanistan. I would like to share the video with you. Note: This video contains graphic images – viewer discretion [...]
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