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Canadian Senate Standing Committee On Transport And Communication
The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications (TRCM) is one of the oldest standing committee (Canada), standing committees of the Senate of Canada, having been first created in 1867 under the name of the Banking, Commerce and Railways Committee. In 1945, it was recommended that a committee on Transport and Communications be created. Responsibilities Over the years, the mandate has evolved, but subject areas for which the committee is responsible include: *Transport and communications by land, air, water, and space, be this by radio, telephone, telegraph, wire, cable, microwave, wireless, television, satellite, broadcasting, post, or any other means, method or form. *Tourist traffic. *Common carriers; and *Navigation, shipping and navigable waters. Members The Representative of the Government in the Senate (Canada), Representative of the Government in the Senate and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standing Committee (Canada)
In Canada, a standing committee is a permanent committee established by Standing Orders in the House of Commons or the Senate. It may study matters referred to it by special order or, within its area of responsibility in the Standing Orders, may undertake studies on its own initiative. There are currently 23 standing committees (including two standing joint committees) in the House and 20 in the Senate, many with particular responsibilities to examine the administration, policy development, and budget A budget is a calculation plan, usually but not always financial plan, financial, for a defined accounting period, period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including tim ...ary estimates of certain government departments and agencies. Certain standing committees are also given mandates to examine matters that have government-wide implications (e.g. official languages policy, multiculturalism policy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Bovey
Patricia E. Bovey (born May 15, 1948) is a Canadian advocate, museologist, gallery director and curator, professor, and former senator. She is an art historian from Manitoba who is a champion of the visual arts. Career Bovey was the curator of the Winnipeg Art Gallery (1970–1980), director of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (1980–1999) and the Winnipeg Art Gallery (1999–2004); and an art consultant (2004–2016). She founded and was the director/curator, of the Buhler Gallery in the St Boniface Hospital (2007–2016). She is a past chair of the board of governors of the University of Manitoba and a former member of the board of trustees for the National Gallery of Canada. She also sat on the board of the Canada Council for the Arts. She was appointed director emerita, Winnipeg Art Gallery in 2014. On October 27, 2016, Bovey was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Bovey assumed her seat on November 10, 2016, as a member of the Indepe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Representative Of The Government In The Senate (Canada)
The representative of the Government in the Senate () is the member of the Senate of Canada who is responsible for introducing, promoting, and defending the government's bills in the Senate after they are passed by the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons. The representative is appointed by the prime minister. The position replaced the leader of the Government in the Senate (), which from 1867 to 2015 was a senator who was a member of the governing party and led the government caucus in the Senate of Canada (whether or not that party held a majority in the Senate). The position of Leader had almost always been held by a Cabinet of Canada, Cabinet minister, except briefly in 1926, from 1958 to 63 and from 2013 to the position being discontinued in 2015. The government representative's counterpart on the parliamentary opposition, Opposition benches is the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Canada), leader of the Opposition in the Senate, who continues to be a member o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Mercer
Terry M. Mercer (born May 6, 1947) is a former Canadian Senator who represented Nova Scotia from 2003 to 2022. Career From 1974 to 1978, Mercer worked as Executive Assistant to Nova Scotia's Minister of Labour and Housing. Mercer then acted as an administrator and fundraiser for numerous charitable organizations such as the Kidney Foundation of Canada, St. John Ambulance, the Nova Scotia Lung Association, the YMCA and the Canadian Diabetes Association and is currently Past Chair of the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Foundation for Philanthropy in Canada. As Senator A long-time fundraiser and organizer for the Liberal Party of Canada, Mercer was National Director of the Liberal Party during much of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's tenure as party leader. Mercer was appointed to the Senate representing Nova Scotia by Chrétien in November 2003, shortly before the Prime Minister's retirement. In February 2013, Mercer became a subject of criticism for having spent the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Eggleton
Arthur C. Eggleton (born September 29, 1943) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 59th and longest-serving mayor of Toronto from 1980 to 1991. He was elected to Parliament in 1993, running as a Liberal in York Centre and served as a member of Parliament (MP) until 2004 when he declined to seek re-election. Eggleton held a number of cabinet positions from 1993 to 2002 including Treasury Board president, minister of infrastructure, minister of international trade, and minister of national defence. He was appointed to the Senate in 2005, serving until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 in 2018. City council Eggleton, an accountant by profession, was first elected to Toronto City Council in the 1969 municipal election as the junior alderman for Ward 4. He served as budget chief in the council elected in 1973 under David Crombie. He was the Liberal Party candidate in the October 16, 1978, federal by-election held in Toronto's west-end Parkdale el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Dawson
Dennis Dawson (born September 28, 1949) is a Canadian politician and administrator. Dawson is a retired Canadian Senator and former Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons. He was first elected as an MP in 1977 at the age 27, and was appointed to the Upper Chamber by Prime Minister Paul Martin in 2005. Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Dawson's first entry into politics was spending five years as a trustee on the Commission des écoles catholiques de Québec. After that, Dawson represented the riding of Louis-Hébert, Quebec in the House of Commons from 1977 to 1984. He is a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour and former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment and Immigration. In 2004, he ran in the federal election as a "star" candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in the riding of Beauport but was beaten by Bloc Québécois candidate Christian Simard, losing by a ratio of nearly 2:1. On August 2, 2005, Dawson was appointed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senate Liberal Caucus
The Senate Liberal Caucus (), also known as the Senate Liberals (), was, from 2014 to 2019, a parliamentary grouping in the Senate of Canada made up of independent senators who were individually members of the Liberal Party of Canada and were appointed on the advice of previous Liberal prime ministers. The caucus was not formally affiliated to or recognized by the Liberal Party. The caucus was dissolved on November 14, 2019 and its members formed a new non-partisan parliamentary group, the Progressive Senate Group. The dissolution of the Senate Liberals marked the first time the Senate of Canada had no Liberal members since Canadian Confederation in 1867. History Historically, Liberal senators were part of the national Liberal Party parliamentary caucus, alongside MPs; this changed on January 29, 2014, when party leader Justin Trudeau expelled all 32 senators from the caucus. The expulsion came as part of Trudeau's proposal for a non-partisan Senate, arguing that "the party str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymonde Saint-Germain
Raymonde Saint-Germain (born October 7, 1951) is a Canadian public servant and an independent member of the Senate of Canada. At the time of her appointment, Saint Germain was the Quebec ombudsperson. She was nominated for appointment to the Senate on November 2, 2016, by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Saint-Germain assumed her office on November 25, 2016. Since January 1, 2022, Senator Saint-Germain has been elected Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group (ISG) in the Senate of Canada. Biography Education In 1973, she obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism and information from Laval University. She then continued her studies in 1983 at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP), in the Master's program in International Management. Saint-Germain also holds a Certificate for Ombudsman at the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. Quebec public service Quebec Ombudsperson From 2006 to 2016, Saint-Germain served as Québec Ombudsperson fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nancy Hartling
Nancy J. Hartling (born February 1, 1950) is a Canadian Senator from Moncton, New Brunswick. She was Executive Director of Support to Single Parents Inc., as well as a founding member of St. James Court Inc., a non-profit housing complex which provides single parents with affordable housing. On October 27, 2016, Hartling was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit as an independent and assumed office on November 10, 2016. She retired on February 1, 2025 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75. Early life and education Hartling was born in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, to a Royal Canadian Navy family. She moved frequently with her family across Eastern Canada, attending school in Ottawa. Hartling settled in Moncton, New Brunswick. She obtained a bachelor's degree from Norwich University, and a master's degree in adult education from St. Francis Xavier University. Career Hartling founded Support to Single Parents Inc. in 1982, and remained th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Griffin (conservationist)
Diane Griffin, OPEI (born March 18, 1947) is a Canadian conservationist from Prince Edward Island. Griffin is a former provincial deputy minister of environmental resources and a recipient of the Governor General's Conservation Award, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and the P.E.I. Environment award. She also served as executive director of the Island Nature Trust. In 2010, Griffin was awarded the Prince Edward Island Medal of Merit for her contributions to the environment of the province. On October 27, 2016, Griffin was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit as an independent. Until her appointment, she served as a councillor on the Stratford, P.E.I. town council. Griffin assumed office on November 10, 2016. She subsequently jointed the Independent Senators Group. On November 4, 2019, she joined the Canadian Senators Group The Canadian Senators Group () is a parliamentary group of senators in the Senate of Canada founded in 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa Galvez
The Honourable Rosa Galvez (born June 21, 1961, Peru) is a Canadian Senator representing Québec (Bedford) and an expert in pollution and its effects on human health. She was appointed to the Senate on December 6, 2016. While a professor at Laval University and head of the university's Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering Galvez established its environmental research laboratory. For her work on the restoration of , Société Radio-Canada nicknamed her “La Dame du Lac”. Her research on the devastating Lac-Mégantic rail disaster and fire of 2013, which contaminated air, water and soil, has been internationally recognized. She is a member of Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering and a Fellow of Engineers Canada. As chair of Canada's Senate Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Committee, and through the production of science and policy white papers, Galvez has demonstrated the impact of evidence- and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Cormier
René Cormier (born April 27, 1956) is a Canadian Acadian artist and activist from New Brunswick. He has been a senator from New Brunswick since 2016. Early life and education Raised in Caraquet, New Brunswick, he studied music at the Université de Montréal. Following university, Cormier was a musical and theatre director. Political career On October 27, 2016, Cormier was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to sit as an independent. Cormier assumed his seat on November 10, 2016. A Francophone, he is president of the ''Société Nationale de l'Acadie'' (SNA), the primary organization championing Acadian artists. Following his appointment to the Senate, Cormier stated that he plans to continue with his work with the SNA, while avoiding any conflicts of interest. He formerly served as president for the Commission internationale du theatre francophone, director of the , president of the , and as a member of the board for the Canadian Conference of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
