Statements In The Senate
Senate Chamber Inquiry into Advance Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying
4 February, 2020 Colleagues, we deal with death in many forms, every day of our lives: the death of a relationship, the death of a career or job, the death of innocence, or the death of a loved one. But if we are willing, these encounters can help ready us for a dignified conclusion to…
Read MoreSpeech on Bill C-69
11 December 2018 – Senator Wallin’s Speech on Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act I would like to add my voice to the debate on Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation…
Read MoreSpeech on Bill C-71
29 November 2018 – Senator Wallin’s Speech on Bill C-71, An Act to amend the Firearms Act Honourable senators, I rise today to speak to the second reading of Bill C-71, An Act to amend the Firearms Act. We all know that guns have the capacity to inflict grave damage, to take a life or…
Read MoreStatement on Bill C-59
23 October 2018 – Senator Wallin’s Statement on Bill C-59, An Act Respecting National Security Matters Honourable senators, I rise to speak at the second reading of Bill C-59, An Act Respecting National Security Matters. My views on this bill, and on national security in general, are in part shaped by my time living in…
Read MoreSenate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce
25 April 2018 – Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce Senator Pamela Wallin with Stephen S. Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, Carolyn A. Wilkins, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada and members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce.
Read MoreBlood Inquiry
12 December 2017 Senator Wallin rose to call the attention of the Senate to the federal government’s legal obligation to protect and maintain Canada’s voluntary blood system and to examine the issues surrounding commercial, cash- for- blood operations This past November, we marked the twentieth anniversary of the Krever commission. Judge Horace Krever investigated Canada’s…
Read MoreTransportation 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…
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