Conservative Manitoba Senator Janis Johnson concluded a successful bilateral visit to Iceland with Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird (Ottawa West-Nepean, Ont.). On Nov. 28 and 29, Senator Johnson accompanied Minister Baird on a number of official visits beginning with Iceland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson. A visit was also paid to Iceland’s Prime Minister … Read more
Members of the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans were in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Québec as part of their ongoing study on the regulation of aquaculture, current challenges and future prospects for the industry in Canada. Senators conducted fact-finding activities in the following communities: Pennfield, Back Bay, St. Andrews, and Botsford in New … Read more
The Canada-France Interparliamentary Association will be hosting the first session of the commemorative symposium Canada and France in the Great War 1914-1918. Under the honorary patronage of Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate and Philippe Zeller, the Ambassador of the French Republic to Canada, the president and vice-president of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association, Claudette Tardif and Michel … Read more
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology issued its report entitled: Prescription Pharmaceuticals in Canada: Unintended Consequences. The report outlines a number of unintended consequences relating to the use of prescription drugs that require the attention of Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada. These issues include abuse, misuse and addiction; … Read more
Members of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications will visit Halifax and Quebec City October 21-23, 2014 as part of the committee’s ongoing study on the challenges facing the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). More information is available online.
As part of its ongoing study examining on-reserve housing and infrastructure, members of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples will be conducting fact-finding activities in British Columbia Oct. 6-10, 2014. Senators will be visiting Vancouver Island University and the following First Nations communities in the coming week: Tsartlip, Nanoose, We Wai Kai, Ahousaht, Osoyoos, Westbank, … Read more
Members of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources elected Liberal Quebec Senator Paul J. Massicotte as its deputy chair. Call 613-944-9145.
Members of the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence elected Independent Liberal Senator Grant Mitchell (Alberta) as its deputy chair. Call 613-299-5359. At an organization meeting held Sept. 24, members of the subcommittee on Veterans Affairs elected Liberal Independent Senator Joseph A. Day (New Brunswick) as chair of the subcommittee and Conservative Senator Carolyn Stewart Olsen … Read more
Members of the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages elected Conservative Quebec Senator Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis as its deputy chair. Call 613-944-4082.
Noël A. Kinsella, speaker of the Senate, issued a statement Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Canada’s First National Internment Operations. “On the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Canada’s first national internment operations, over 100 commemorative plaques will be unveiled at sites across Canada at precisely 11:00 a.m. local time, creating a “wave” of commemorations across the country. During World War I … Read more
