Statements In The Senate
Transportation Modernization Bill
5 December 2017 Debate on Bill C-49, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act and other Acts respecting transportation and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts I am pleased to rejoin the debate over Bill C-49 and resume my remarks on the need to strengthen air passenger rights through a bill that…
Read MoreSenate of Canada 150 Commemorative Medals
28 November 2017 Honourable senators, I rise today to honour ten individuals and two organizations that I have nominated to receive the Senate of Canada 150 Medal. All show uncommon character and commitment to the greater good. The Wadena News has kept people informed and connected for more than a century, recording the story of…
Read MoreDebate on Bill C-25
24 October 2017 Debate on Bill C-25, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, and the Competition Act Honourable senators, it was former First Lady Michelle Obama who once said: When you’ve worked hard and done well, and you’ve walked through the doorway of…
Read More“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 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…
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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