Despite the looming prospect of 1.4 million Canadians living with some form of dementia by 2031, there was no funding in the latest budget for a national dementia strategy as recommended by the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology in its recent report. The committee’s November 2016 report, Dementia in Canada: A National Strategy … Read more
The Standing Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry met with over 500 witnesses and other stakeholders from across the country to examine international market access priorities for Canadian farmers and processors to understand the challenges they face when exporting their products and to identify possible solutions to facilitate and encourage international market access. The committee’s report, Market Access: … Read more
The federal government should scrap the planned purchase of Super Hornet fighter jets to spare taxpayers from funding a costly stopgap solution that risks isolating Canada from the United States, the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence said in its report Reinvesting in the Canadian Armed Forces: A Plan for the Future. The committee urges the … Read more
Senator Michael L. MacDonald welcomed the adoption of a motion by Toronto’s City Council to support his Bill S-238, The Ban on Shark Fin Importation Act, which he tabled in the Senate on April 11, 2017. Motion 28.21, introduced by Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam and seconded by Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker, recommends that the City of Toronto express … Read more
Senator Peter Harder told the Canadian Club of Edmonton that sober second thought means reviewing legislation to ensure it’s in the best interest of Canadians – not a political party. The Senator was on a two-day tour to discuss Senate renewal efforts with Albertans, who have traditionally been crucial contributors to the conversation on reform. “The Senate … Read more
Senator Peter Harder told Calgarians that a renewed and increasingly independent Canadian Senate provides a new outlet for Albertans to have their voices heard in national debates. He told business leaders during a roundtable at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce that the fact that several bills have been amended in the Senate shows that second sober thought is working. “Independence … Read more
Senator Scott Tannas’s amendments to preserve the requirement for a secret ballot vote for workers seeking to unionize was accepted by the Senate in a vote. Bill C-4 is a government bill that seeks to repeal changes two bills enacted in the last Parliament: Bill C-377 – An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (requirements for … Read more
The Senate of Canada adopted Bill S-226, the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law), a bill introduced by Conservative Senator Raynell Andreychuk. “Bill S-226 signals internationally that Canada cannot be used to enable or shelter gross violators of internationally recognized human rights,” said Senator Andreychuk. She continued “Through amendments to the Special Economic Measures … Read more
Senators Doug Black, Patricia Bovey, Serge Joyal, and Paul McIntyre, endorsed by a strong majority across party lines of their Senate colleagues urge Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) to establish a National Portrait Gallery at the Former U.S. Embassy at 100 Wellington. The senators highlighted that many countries, including England, the United States and Australia, … Read more
Senator Michael L. MacDonald will table a bill to ban the importation of shark fins into Canada. Each year 73 million sharks are killed to satisfy global demand for shark fin soup. The practice of shark finning has ravaged shark populations and is unspeakably cruel. When sharks are caught, their fins are hacked off and they … Read more
