The federal government should compensate and apologize to all people who were subjected to forced and coerced sterilization, the Senate Committee on Human Rights said in a report released on July 14. The report, The scars that we carry: Forced and Coerced Sterilization of Persons in Canada – Part II, outlines the committee’s findings from the second … Read more
The Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans released a new report entitled Peace on the Water: Advancing the Full Implementation of Mi’kmaq, Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkati Rights-Based Fisheries, that examines the federal government’s response to the Marshall decision and the implementation of the rights of First Nation communities in parts of Atlantic Canada and Quebec to fish in pursuit of … Read more
The Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples report, entitled Make it stop! Ending the remaining discrimination in Indian registration, found that ongoing discrimination in the registration provisions of the Indian Act remains and continues to affect First Nations women and their descendants. The committee makes seven recommendations to finally end discrimination in the Indian Act. The full release is available online. Call 343-574-4950.
Following the first full day of deliberations of the First Meeting of States Parties(1MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Non-affliliated Senator Marilou McPhedran joined NDP MP Heather McPherson (Edmonton-Strathcona, Alta.) and Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May (Saanich-Gulf Islands, B.C.) in renewing their concerns regarding Canada’s absence from the deliberations. McPhedran, in Vienna to attend the First Meeting of States Parties … Read more
The Steering Committee of the Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration has announced the suspension of the COVID-19 vaccination requirement in Senate workplaces, effective June 20, 2022. Call 613-410-1892.
The Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight’s charter and report were presented in the Senate Chamber on June 2, 2022. The Senate Audit and Oversight Charter describes the committee’s mandate: for the purposes of integrity, independence, transparency and accountability, the committee is authorized to supervise the Senate’s internal and external audits, among other related matters. The full release is … Read more
Non-affiliated Senator Marilou McPhedran initiated an inquiry into the current Ethics and Conflict of Interest Code for Senators (Ethics Code), examining options for increasing accountability, transparency and fairness in the context of the Senate’s unique self- governance. “No action we take, be it public or private, can be separated, isolated, or shielded from the added authority and responsibility … Read more
The Speaker of the Senate has recalled the Senate to sit on Friday, February 18, 2022, at 10 a.m. The Senate will meet for the consideration of public business and, in particular, the declaration of emergency made pursuant to the Emergencies Act. Call 613-995-2891.
Speaker of the Senate George J. Furey issued a statement: “Today marks the beginning of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. On this day, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian and British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, a remarkable milestone of seventy years of service to Canada and to the Commonwealth. Since … Read more
Speaker of the Senate George J. Furey has extended the adjournment period until Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at 2 p.m. Contact: ross.ryan@sen.parl.gc.ca.
