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Ottawa, Canada
Joined September 2011
The Senate has adjourned to Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
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Senators are now discussing Bill #C38 at second reading in the Senate: ow.ly/s3AV5101qYr #SenCA #CdnPoli
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Senators are now discussing Senator @pierremmoreau’s Bill #s7 at second reading in the Senate: ow.ly/8lFu5101tT5 #SenCA #CdnPoli
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LIVE: Question Period in the Senate 🎥 ow.ly/FjzB5101mWn #SenCA #CdnPoli
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Reports from @ParlDiplomacy were presented in the Senate: #IUPU They will be available soon: ow.ly/cc2750PNsoq #SenCA #CdnPoli
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LIVE: Senators’ Statements 🎥 ow.ly/N76v5101mV9 #SenCA #CdnPoli
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🎥 Watch Senate Chamber proceedings live: ow.ly/nf5Q5101mS7 #SenCA #CdnPoli
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On Tuesday, October 27, at 10 a.m. ET, the Senate Committee on National Finance will hear from the following chairs of Senate committees as part of its study of the subject matter of Bill C-31, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025: Senator David M. Arnot, Chair of Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Senator @SenBoehm, Chair of Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senator Rosemary Moodie, Chair of Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology Senator @WellsDavid, Chair of Senate Committee on Transport and Communications 📺 Watch: ow.ly/Oi915101j3z #SenCA #NFFN #CdnPoli
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Today’s sitting will begin at 2 p.m. ET 📑 View the Order Paper: ow.ly/8cnP51016vE 📺 Watch on Senate ParlVU: ow.ly/asbt51016wo #SenCA #CdnPoli
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On Tuesday, October 27, at 9 a.m. ET, the Senate Committee on National Finance will hear from the following chairs of Senate committees as part of its study of the subject matter of Bill C-31, A second Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025: Senator @Agproudmary Chair of Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry Senator @gignacclement Chair of Senate committee on Banking, Commerce and the Economy Senator Marty Deacon, Chair of Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs Senator @PauletteSenior1 ICD.D, Chair of Senate Committee on Human Rights Senator Michèle Audette, Chair of Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples 📺 Watch: ow.ly/pvqO5101iPt #SenCA #NFFN #CdnPoli
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Today, in Senate committees: ow.ly/98uL50PZrA1 #SenCA #CdnPoli
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On Monday, October 26, at 5 p.m. ET, the Senate Committee on Official Languages will hear from Kelly Burke, Commissioner of Official Languages, on the study of the proposed regulations on the use of French in federally regulated private businesses. 📺 Watch: ow.ly/1maW51016IJ #SenCA #CdnPoli #OLLO
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On Monday, October 26, at 4 p.m. ET, the Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs will hear from Stephen Fuhr, Member of Parliament for Kelowna and Secretary of State (Defence Procurement) on defence procurement in the context of Canada’s commitment to increase defence spending. 📺 Watch: ow.ly/lVNc51015qQ #SenCA #SECD #CdnPoli
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On Monday, October 26, at 4 p.m. ET, the Senate Committee on Human Rights will hear from @SenatorSalma, sponsor of the bill, as part of its study of Bill #S235, An Act respecting the National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking 📺 Watch: ow.ly/j2Ww5100hOh #SenCA #RIDR #CdnPoli less
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Meet the participants of Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders: Summer Wabasse Summer Wabasse is an Oji-Cree woman from Webequie First Nation in Ontario, raised in Thunder Bay and now based in Ottawa, where she works as a government relations specialist. She serves as co-chair of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Oshkaatisak Youth Council and represents NAN youth on the Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council through the Chiefs of Ontario. In these roles, she works alongside young people from remote and urban communities to strengthen governance, advocate for youth priorities and address barriers facing youth in remote northern First Nations. She also developed a toolkit for Chiefs to support meaningful youth engagement on and off reserve. She wants to help build a world that empowers youth to shape policy and that regularly includes them as partners in decision making. #SenCA #IndigenousYouth #APPA
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We have a country that needs workers and a generation that needs work — we should be designing policy around that fact, Senator Farah Mohamed writes: ow.ly/XS8i51010ra #SenCA #CdnPoli #BuildingCanadaStrong
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Meet the participants of Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders: Noah Pépin-Papigatuk From the small Nunavik community of Salluit, in northern Quebec, Noah Pépin-Papigatuk is a young Inuit leader who wants to see more leadership opportunities for Indigenous youth. He believes that if Indigenous youth are encouraged to participate in outings on their land and take part in day camps such as Qaulirmat and Nurrait Jeunes Karibus, it could help prevent drug and alcohol addiction among young people. #SenCA #IndigenousYouth #APPA
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Meet the participants of Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders: Makayla Mantla Makayla Mantla is a Tł̨ıchǫ citizen from Behchokǫ̀ in Treaty 11, Northwest Territories, who recently graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Alberta, becoming the first person in her family to earn a university degree. As part of her nursing education, she researched Indigenous-specific racism in Canadian health care, examining how colonial systems continue to affect Indigenous patients. She was also elected Director of Indigenous Health and Advocacy for the Canadian Nursing Students’ Association, where she advocated for Indigenous nursing students and culturally safe health care. Through her work as a nursing student, and now a nurse in rural Alberta, she says she has seen how Indigenous patients often feel more comfortable when they are cared for by someone who understands their experiences. #SenCA #IndigenousYouth #APPA
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Meet the participants of Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders: Kyra Lustig A Red River Métis woman who’s now living in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Kyra Lustig advocates for Indigenous students at her university and works to uplift voices that often go unheard. She says she often experiences an “emotional tug-of-war” between longing for her home and feeling a responsibility to stand up for those who are part of the broader Indigenous community. She wants to inspire others who feel isolated or disconnected to embrace their stories and support each other, no matter their differences. #SenCA #IndigenousYouth #APPA
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Meet the participants of Voices of Youth Indigenous Leaders: Trinity Lafford-Desmond An engineering student from Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw First Nation in Nova Scotia, Trinity Lafford-Desmond has developed leadership skills through her work with two community outreach programs at St. Francis Xavier University, X-Project and Connecting Math to Our Lives and Communities. She supports youth through STEM programming in Mi’kmaw and African Nova Scotian communities by facilitating community visits, workshops and summer camps that connect science, technology, engineering and mathematics to everyday life. She has also worked with a solar energy company to install and design systems for Indigenous communities across Nova Scotia. She hopes that, through sharing her own educational and career journey, she can inspire youth to pursue STEM pathways. #SenCA #IndigenousYouth #APPA
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