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Who are Women Peacebuilders?

Senator Jaffer and the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, Norway in 2019. “Don’t help us kill each other, help us talk to each other,” [...]

Second Reading – Bill C-43 – Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

1st Session, 41st Parliament, Volume 148, Issue 154 Tuesday, April 23, 2013 The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Bill to Amend—Second Reading—Debate Continued On the Order: Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Eaton, seconded by the Honourable Senator Comeau, for the second [...]

Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security

1st Session, 41st Parliament, Volume 148, Issue 154 Tuesday, April 23, 2013 The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker Cross-Cultural Roundtable on Security Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, I want to take this opportunity to thank our security forces for their good work on behalf of all of us. All [...]

Universities and Post-Secondary Institutions

1st Session, 41st Parliament, Volume 150, Issue 154 Tuesday, April 23, 2013 The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker Universities and Post-Secondary Institutions Inquiry—Debate Continued On the Order: Resuming debate on the inquiry of the Honourable Senator Cowan, calling the attention of the Senate to the many contributions of Canadian universities [...]

The Late Mr. Art Phillips

1st Session, 41st Parliament, Volume 148, Issue 153 Thursday, April 18, 2013 The Honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker The Late Mr. Art Phillips Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, Vancouver lost its visionary and Canada lost a champion in March when former mayor Art Phillips passed away. In 1968, Mr. [...]

31st Anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Today marks the thirty-first anniversary of the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter entrenched four fundamental freedoms: freedom of conscience and religion; freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; freedom of peaceful assembly; and freedom [...]

Mental Health Treatment for Federally Sentenced Black Women

While Black women make up just 2.6 per cent of the female population in Canada, they comprise almost 10 per cent of the federally sentenced female population. Over the last ten years, the number of federally sentenced Black Canadians has risen by 50 per cent. In their report, “Cruel, Inhuman [...]

#NotOnMyScreen

International Justice Mission and I are working closely on the campaign #NotOnMyScreen, an initiative to raise awareness on cybersex trafficking. You may ask yourself, “what is child cybersex trafficking?” Cybersex trafficking is a type of sex trafficking where minors and children from all over the world are exposed to countless [...]

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