National Social Work Month
March 28, 2014
Honourable senators, in the last few years, experts from across the country have been questioning the use of the word “system” to describe Canada’s health care sector, some calling it…
Hydrocarbon Transportation
March 26, 2014
Rail Safety in Canada: Senate ENEV Committee Report in wake of the disaster in Lac-Mégantic. Honourable senators, on March 4, Senator Neufeld called the attention of the Senate to the twelfth report of…
Montreal Mosaic
February 11, 2014
Honourable senators, like most Canadian cities, Montreal has a list of epithets: the Metropolis of Quebec, la belle ville, and the City of Festivals. We nickname our cities because we…
Aging in Place
November 28, 2013
Honourable senators, every year the Canadian Medical Association conducts a survey to determine how Canadians feel about the performance of their health care system. This year they expanded their survey…
Tribute to the People of Lac-Mégantic
October 22, 2013
Honourable senators, around 1:15 in the morning of July 6, 2013, a train carrying 72 tankers of crude oil and five locomotives derailed in the heart of downtown Lac-Mégantic. What…
Parkinson’s Awareness Month
March 27, 2013
Honourable senators, Parkinson’s Awareness Month in Canada begins next week. Parkinson’s is a chronic, degenerative, neurological disease caused by a loss of dopamine in the brain. Close to 100,000 Canadians…
Study on Current State and Future of Energy Sector; Fourth Report of Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources Committee
February 27, 2013
Honourable senators, on November 7 of last year, Senator Neufeld moved the adoption of the fourth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, titled Now…
Breast Density Awareness Bill
December 11, 2012
Honourable senators, by the end of 2012, an estimated 23,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. One in nine women is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime…
National Seniors Day
October 2, 2012
Honourable senators, less than two kilometres from this chamber one will find the Good Companions Seniors’ Centre. It was my privilege to be invited there by my parents for breakfast…
Breakfast for Learning Month
September 26, 2012
Honourable senators, in 1992 a small group of editors at Canadian Living magazine made vision a reality when they established “Breakfast for Learning,” a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to child nutrition. In…