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)