10 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Marie-P. Poulin (Charette) | Can the minister assure the Senate and all Ontario francophones that the funds needed to maintain regional French-language services in Windsor will be allocated to Radio-Canada/CBC by your government?
10 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Jim Munson | Can the Leader of the Government in the Senate assure us that the interim Information Commissioner will have the necessary and prompt support she will need from government to conduct this investigation?
10 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Lucie Pépin | Honourable senators, people around the world have been celebrating International Women's Day for 100 years now. As several of my colleagues mentioned, March 8 is a day to honour women, to remind us all of women's rights, and to celebrate women's achievements. On Monday, people celebrated in different ways.
10 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Marie-P. Poulin (Charette) | Honourable senators, I rise today to pay tribute to an exceptional Canadian educator, Dominic Giroux, the rector of my alma mater, Laurentian University in Sudbury. Last month, I had the pleasure of attending an awards ceremony in Gatineau, where Mr. Giroux was named Personality of the Year in education by the newspaper Le Droit and Radio-Canada.
10 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Art Eggleton | Honourable senators, I rise today to pay tribute to David Pecaut who passed away from cancer on December 14, 2009.
9 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Claudette Tardif | Honourable senators, there appear to be some contradictions in the government's statements and policies. The International Planned Parenthood Federation provides programs designed to improve maternal health. The Government of Canada has been supporting it since the 1980s. Yet the foundation is still waiting for its funding of $18 million for the next three years to be renewed. Why is the government no longer renewing those funds?
9 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Grant Mitchell | Perhaps, to clear the air, the Leader of the Government in the Senate could inform this house of those gender-based analysis protocols, how they were applied and to what effect on the current budget. Perhaps the leader could table something in the house.
9 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette | Can the Leader of the Government tell us what plans the government has, other than changing one word in the national anthem, to help Canadian women take their place in society and exercise their influence, especially in economic and financial circles, where the mindset really needs to be changed?
9 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Lillian Eva Dyck | Can the Leader of the Government in the Senate tell this house if the government has any concrete plans to help women scientists overcome persistent barriers and encourage their participation in science, engineering and technology research, or will women once again be ignored in these non-traditional science and technology fields?
9 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Lucie Pépin | Does the federal government plan to rectify this injustice, which has a negative impact on many Canadian women returning from maternity leave?
9 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Vivienne Poy | Honourable senators, I rise today to recognize International Women's Week, which began on Sunday and continues until March 13. The Government of Canada's theme for 2010 is, "Strong Women. Strong Canada. Strong World."
9 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Catherine Callbeck | Honourable senators, later today, in Room 200 in West Block, a celebration is set to take place. The celebration, "100 on the Hill," will commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of Girl Guides in Canada and around the world.
9 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Rod Zimmer | Honourable senators, I rise today to pay homage to the Honourable Marcel Prud'homme for 46 years of public service to Canada. If you will indulge for me a few moments, I will use iambic pentameter and the theme from Dr. Seuss. It is called "An Ode to Marcel."
9 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Frank Mahovlich | Honourable senators, I rise today to pay tribute to what is surely the end of an era in the Canadian horse breeding industry. That is, of course, the recent closure of Windfields Farm.
4 Mar, 2010 | By Senator Grant Mitchell | Could she tell me how much emissions have been reduced, let us say, over the last year and how much the government has set as a reduction target over the next year? Could she give me some facts and figures?