22 Feb, 2010 | By | It obviously isn’t standard procedure for six senators to publish a joint position paper on what’s going wrong at the RCMP. Then again, fixing the RCMP is going to be essential to the security of Canadians. So it’s an issue worth working on – prorogation or no prorogation.
19 Feb, 2010 | By | Senator Bill Rompkey says that excluding Inuit and First Nations from future discussions on cooperation in the Arctic shows the same old colonialist mentality.
16 Feb, 2010 | By | Charlottetown Senator Percy E. Downe has requested that the Auditor General of Canada audit the implementation of the New Veterans Charter.
16 Feb, 2010 | By | Less than three days after Senator Hervieux-Payette’s visit to Iqaluit, the government of Nunavut gave its support to the Universal Declaration on the Ethical Harvest of Seals, the result of the senator’s successful efforts and an excellent and open dialogue with the Minister of the Environment, the Honourable Daniel Shewchuk.
3 Feb, 2010 | By | Senator Jim Munson (Ottawa-Rideau Canal) congratulates Ottawa’s Haitian community, the Canadian Red Cross and the National Capital Commission as they embrace his initiative to make the first weekend of Winterlude, February 5-7, a Skate for Haiti weekend.
21 Jan, 2010 | By | "The Universal Declaration on the Ethical Harvest of Seals is gaining in popularity and I am delighted that the Fur Council of Canada is supporting this declaration along with the Canadian fur industry," said Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette.
16 Dec, 2009 | By | "Honourable senators, I am caught up in the enthusiasm for uniting everyone and giving the gift of hope to our citizens on the east or Atlantic coast, whether on the Magdalen Islands or Newfoundland, and to our friends in Nunavut and all those involved in the seal hunt,” said Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette in response to the Senate’s unanimous adoption of her motion on the Protection of Animals and Ecosystems.
14 Dec, 2009 | By | All foreign vessels entering Canadian Arctic waters should be required to report to NORDREG – the Arctic Canada Traffic System – regardless of vessel size or tonnage, says a report by the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, entitled Controlling Canadian Arctic Waters: Role of the Canadian Coast Guard. Currently, foreign vessels transiting the Northwest Passage have no obligation to report to any Canadian authority, as long as they do not land.
11 Dec, 2009 | By | “Honourable Senators, yesterday, our former colleague, the Honourable Jean-Robert Gauthier, passed away at the age of 80. He leaves behind significant accomplishments that contribute to a stronger Canada, a more balanced Canada, a Canada more rooted in its rich history of two official languages, two founding nations.
10 Dec, 2009 | By | "We must not add contempt to cynicism," said Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette to summarize her demand to the Conservative government to intervene on behalf of sealers, who face a cynical and unfair European boycott of seal products.
8 Dec, 2009 | By | Liberal Senators on the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance today passed two amendments to Bill C-51 (An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on January 27, 2009 and to implement other measures) in order to protect pensioners whose pensions have been underfunded by companies who have then declared bankruptcy.
7 Dec, 2009 | By | "I applaud the decision of the government of Québec to support the Universal Declaration on the Ethical Harvest of Seals," said Senator Hervieux-Payette who led the project, "and am delighted by Québec’s strong implication in the negotiations between Canada and the European Union on a free trade agreement."
3 Dec, 2009 | By | Today, during a press conference held in the House of Commons foyer, Minister of Health, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, when speaking about proposed Senate Committee amendments to Bill C-6, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, said: “this legislation with the amendments, a child has to die before the industry can react, according to this legislation, with the amendments."
1 Dec, 2009 | By | As Canadians prepare to honour the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Liberal senators reminded the government of the precarious conditions still faced by many women in our country and abroad, and the challenges we must take on in order to improve their social conditions.
1 Dec, 2009 | By | "I have tabled a motion in the Senate to protect the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of Canadians and their industries," said Senator Céline Hervieux- Payette. Vegetarian groups have tremendously increased their pressure on world governments demanding changes to our society which will have serious repercussions.