17 May, 2012 | By Senator Wilfred Moore | Honourable senators, I am pleased to join in the debate of the inquiry commenced by the Honourable Michael A. Meighen regarding the economic benefits of recreational Atlantic salmon fishing in Canada.
17 May, 2012 | By Senator Roméo Dallaire | Honourable senators, yes indeed, you are going to have to put up with me for another 45 minutes, but I will try to do as my friends in the U.S. Marines taught me.
I will try to power talk my way through this and curtail my time.
17 May, 2012 | By Senator Roméo Dallaire | Has the Prime Minister developed a policy whereby he committed to monitor the Arctic, but now that it is time to allocate funding, he has changed his basic philosophy regarding the desire to move forward on the issue of Arctic sovereignty?
17 May, 2012 | By Senator Claudette Tardif | Why would the government invest in infrastructure in the Arctic without a plan for keeping these important facilities operational?
17 May, 2012 | By Senator Elizabeth Hubley | Is this just another example of the government's preference for ideological rather than evidence-based decision making?
17 May, 2012 | By Senator Art Eggleton | Will the government act on his recommendations? Will it develop a national food strategy?
17 May, 2012 | By Senator Claudette Tardif | Honourable senators, as President of the Canada-France Inter-parliamentary Association, I had the privilege of conducting an election observation mission for the second round of the French presidential election from May 2 to 6, 2012.
17 May, 2012 | By Senator Roméo Dallaire | Honourable senators, I rise today to inform you of a great philanthropist that I recently met and to tell you a bit about the source of his funds, which I think is worthy of our attention.
17 May, 2012 | By Senator Mobina Jaffer | Honourable senators, I rise today to honour my father, Sherali Bandali Jaffer, who was recently decorated with Uganda's National Independence Medal, one of the highest awards granted by the government of Uganda.
16 May, 2012 | By Senator Terry Mercer | Honourable senators, it is a pleasure to rise today to speak on my inquiry about an issue that is most important to me, volunteerism.
16 May, 2012 | By Senator Joseph Day | Honourable senators, on the thirtieth anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, I am delighted that Senator Cowan moved this inquiry; the Charter is the most important document reflecting the civil liberties of Canadians.
16 May, 2012 | By Senator Frank Mahovlich | Honourable senators, it is a great honour for me to rise today to speak on Bill C-288, An Act respecting the National Flag of Canada.
16 May, 2012 | By Senator Jim Munson | By saying "no" — because, amazingly, the minister said "no" last night — is this yet another attempt by the government to silence dissenting views? Is that the rationale for excluding members of the opposition from the official Canadian delegation being sent to the Rio+20 Summit?
16 May, 2012 | By Senator James Cowan | If he is engaged in full-time language training, who is acting as Auditor General?
16 May, 2012 | By Senator Pierre De Bané | How many hours of language training has the Auditor General actually completed to date? Which components of the training has he completed since he was appointed? Could the leader tell us what progress he has made?