“Sober Second Thinking” Proposal
16 May 2017 Honourable senators, “Progress is impossible without change,” said George Bernard Shaw, “and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Or, as our former colleagues, Senators Hugh Segal and Michael Kirby, wrote recently, “A new play is unfolding in the upper chamber and it is not unnatural that many actors are…
Read MoreTeachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] On 8 November 2017, Senator Wallin attended a dinner in Ottawa with educators and other parliamentarians in honour of the participants of the 21st Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy. This event takes place in Ottawa every year and parliamentarians get the chance to meet teachers from their home provinces.
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Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs
Speaking at the SACPA’s 50th Anniversary Forum – 21 September 2017 The SACPA hosts independent forums to debate local, provincial, national and international issues of concern to the residents of Lethbridge and Southern Alberta. The rationale of the Council is that the strength of a political democracy is lodged in the freedom of citizens to…
Read MoreNational Day of Service
Senator Wallin’s Statement on National Day of Service – 19 September 2017 Honourable senators, every September 11 here in Canada we quietly mark our National Day of Service. It is about recognizing and inspiring selfless service to your fellow citizens. That is why it marks the anniversary of 9/11. Last week in Newfoundland, the Prime…
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Prince’s Trust Canada’s Operation Entrepreneur Business Bootcamp at the University of Regina – 22 August 2017 For those with a business idea, this week-long boot camp is a “mini MBA” where participants who are transitioning military members and veterans will learn from leading professors on topics including market research, finance, marketing, social media, and are…
Read MoreSenator Wallin’s Statement on Cubes in Space – 6 June 2017
Senator Wallin’s Statement on Cubes in Space – 6 June 2017 Honourable senators, today I’d like to tell you about Cubes in Space, and I mean this quite literally, small 4x4x4 centimetre cubes that will be aboard a NASA rocket on June 22. At Lockheed Martin Canada’s Space Inspiration Day at their IMPACT Centre in…
Read MoreCubes in Space Event – Kanata
Senator Pamela Wallin’s Speech – 18 May 2017 It is a great pleasure to be with you here during National Science Odyssey week to participate and share in the Cubes in Space Canada 150 Challenge. Science, technology, engineering, and math based careers, this is what tomorrow is all about. In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday,…
Read More13 Years After 9/11
13 Years After… The Anniversary of 9/11 Some thoughts on the anniversary of 9/11 …. a time to remember lives taken and innocence lost. Citizens of 90 countries –nearly 3000 in all – were sacrificed for hate, including 24 Canadians. The savagery that toppled the World Trade Towers changed our world and the fears that…
Read MorePrairie Story, by Pamela Wallin
Prairie Story by Pamela Wallin “The Saskatchewan identity –or ethos – was shaped by people’s accommodation to a stark frontier environment.” Dr. John Archer The feeling never changes. As the airplane gently turns to begin its descent, that beautiful quilt emerges in sharp relief. It may be winter white. Or on an early summer morning,…
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