National 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…
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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,…
Read More‘Hectoring’ Americans Is Harmful To Canada
‘Hectoring’ Americans Is Harmful To Canada US Relations Vancouver Sun/Ottawa Citizen August 17, 2009 OTTAWA – Canadians need to do a better job of managing their relationship with the United States, Senator Pamela Wallin said Monday. Wallin, speaking to Ontario’s municipal leaders, said there is too much finger wagging and moralizing from Canadians towards their…
Read MoreModel Exists That Could Enhance RCMP Credibility
Model Exists That Could Enhance RCMP Credibility Published: Calgary Herald, August 24, 2009 Also Published By: The Ottawa Citizen, Regina Leader Post, Vancouver Province, Montreal Gazette, and the Hill Times. By: Pamela Wallin [divider] The RCMP’s Commission for Public Complaints released a report last week on the force’s handling of investigations into serious incidents involving its…
Read MoreGiving Returning Veterans The Support They Deserve
Giving Returning Veterans The Support They Deserve October 05, 2009 By Pamela Wallin Published: National Post Also Published In: The Calgary Herald , Chronicle Herald and the Windsor Star. [divider] When you see the strength of character and the spirit of the ill or injured soldiers returning home from Afghanistan, you know they deserve our gratitude…
Read MoreCanada Has Been Right On Afghanistan All Along
Canada Has Been Right On Afghanistan All Along Winning the Afghan war the Canadian way November 2, 2009 By Pamela Wallin Published: National Post Also Published In Embassy Newspaper [divider] Winning The Afghan War The Canadian Way During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama distanced himself from the Bush era and the Iraq war. One way…
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