Dear Mr. Poilièvre:

I came across the short statement you made in the House of Commons on April 30, 2013, regarding the press conference held by Liberal Senators and unions in opposition to a Bill that was introduced by your Conservative government, Bill C-377.

Everyone knows how little...

For Joyce Murray, victory is a must.

"With Justin Trudeau, we could win."

This is what I hear in some corners of the Liberal Party of Canada. The idea that the Party "could" win alone,
as it has before when the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada merged with...

Should we challenge mental health experts? Challenge the justice system on the grounds that we do not agree with a single, solitary verdict? On the grounds that the crime is particularly horrendous?

Should we accept that a government is using a single, solitary court decision that it disagrees...

On October 23, 2012, the Standing Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans tabled a report recommending the removal of grey seals in order to aid the recovery of cod and other groundfish stocks.

This study was expected since we are currently facing a serious problem: the risk...

For the past month, the Senate National Finance Committee and the Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce poured over the Conservative government's 425 page omnibus budget Bill C-38. These committees interviewed dozens of witnesses ranging from government ministers, NGO's, consumer rights groups, think tanks, professors, etc.

After hours...

For this year's World Press Freedom Day, I spoke in the chamber to assure the Canadian public that the fundamental principles of journalism are being respected.

Allow me to refer to the code of conduct of the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec to outline the fundamental values of journalism...

I am concerned about sustainable economic development. In Canada, the seal hunt is tightly regulated and sustainable: the Harp seal's population roughly increased from 2 million animals to 10 million in the space of 40 years. As of today, the natural balance of the Atlantic Coast's ecosystem is at risk...

We remember when a Canadian prime minister spoke of building "a just society." There is no such talk from the federal government today. Instead, we have a government obsessed with punishment, retribution, and prison time. But we will not reduce crime in the long run by putting more people in...