Key Senators and Issues

Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard, ISG (Nova Scotia)

Issues:

• Significant interest in Anti-Racism
• Anti-Black Racism
• Member of the Black Parliamentary Caucus
• Founding member of the Association of Black Social Workers (ABSW)

René Cormier, ISG (New-Brunswick)

Issues:

• Expected to be the new Sponsor of Bill S-202, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)

Donna Dasko, ISG (Ontario)

Issues:

• Interested in the timetables to achieve equality between men and women elected to the House of Commons

Mobina Jaffer, ISG (British Columbia)

Issues:

• Published a blog (June 2020) regarding Racism in Canada
• Significant interest in respecting diversity and multiculturalism in Canada
• Anti-Racism

Marie-Françoise Mégie, ISG (Québec)

Issues:

• Introduced the motion that led to the appearance: That, the Senate resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole in order to receive a minister or ministers of the Crown to discuss the role of the Government of Canada in combatting anti-Black racism and anti-Indigenous racism, and ending systemic racism. (Adopted on June 22, 2020)
• Member of the Parliamentary Black Caucus

Jim Munson, PSG (Ontario)

Issues:

• Interested in the creation of a children’s commissioner

Donal Neil Plett, C (Manitoba)

Issues:

• Gave notice of an Inquiry regarding the presence of racism and discrimination within Canadian institutions

Rosemary Moodie, ISG (Ontario)

Issues:

• Requested an Emergency debate on acts of racism against Afro-Canadians, Indigenous Canadians and Asian Canadians (debate held on June 18, 2020)
• Sponsor of Bill S-217, An Act to establish the Office of the Commissioner for Children and Young Persons in Canada (pending debate)
• Member of the Parliamentary Black Caucus

Frances Lankin, ISG (Ontario)

Issues:

• Introduced a motion for the creation of a Special Senate Committee on Systemic Racism in order to conduct a review of systemic racism in Canada (pending debate)