I’m so sorry - I’m a bit behind on my Mastodon posting. Last week was crazy busy. So let me give you a recap of all the trouble I’ve been making in the Senate. First up - my exchange with Justice Minister Sean Fraser about Premier Danielle Smith’s threat to stop funding new superior court judges in Alberta. https://youtu.be/4qW6MudvW7M?si=mM_Sk-vk7xUl9THv #cdnpoli #abpoli #LCJC #Alberta #SenateOfCanada #DanielleSmith #SenCa #ableg

Some Canadians are counting down the days till Christmas. Some are counting the nights till Hanukkah. But in the Senate, we're counting down the sitting days until we receive Bill C-4, which will, among many other things, exempt federal political parties from provincial privacy law. At QP today, I had questions. I think anyone who cares about privacy rights will want to listen. https://youtu.be/ZB501otrMwQ?si=jbJj626Pcd7P47U9 #BillC4 #C4 #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada #LCJC #privacy #BillC2 #BillC8 #BillC12 #privacy

What can we do to protect health care providers and first responders from assault on the job? Bill S-233 tries to address the problem with tougher sentences after conviction. But that won't help one bit, if people aren't charged and prosecuted. And that won't happen if we don't end the culture of silence and stoicism, that prevents charges from being laid. Here's my own take on Bill S-233 - well-meaning legislation that will, I fear, accomplish very little to solve an urgent problem in our health care system. https://youtu.be/XgD_admKvNs?si=vqM-ezSEcW0Il36E #SenateofCanada #cdnpoli #HealthCare #LCJC #Canada

A link to my speech this afternoon on why Bill S-12 represented a serious threat to press freedom and free speech in Canada....and how senators, working together in committee, nipped out the words that seemed so innocuous but were so dangerous. https://youtu.be/ZBXkbpJBIYI #Canada #cdnpoli #S12 #BillS12 #myvoicemychoice #Edmonton #Edson #Alberta #CBC #CanadianBroadcastingCorporation #yeg #pressfreedom #SenateofCanada #SenCa #LCJC

On Monday, the Senate Legal Committee will proceed to clause by clause debate on Bill S-12. One of the bill’s stated intents is to give sexual assault victims more power to challenge publication bans on their own identity. BUT the wording of the act may impose tough new limits on journalists & libraries. I raised this attack on press freedom at committee last week: https://youtu.be/SIMtk6paU44 #BillS12 #S12 #SenateofCanada #rapeshield #publicationbans #Canada #lcjc #yeg #CBC #Edmonton

Good morning from #ottawa Last night in the Senate Chamber I spoke to #BillC5, which deals with mandatory minimum sentences - a speech inspired, inspired, in part, by the story of a woman I met while I was touring federal women’s prison in #Edmonton. If you are interested in #criminallaw, #lawreform, #indigenous issues & #CriminalCodeofCanada you may find this interesting. https://youtu.be/4Qekwqc46GQ #SenCa #cdnpoli #lcjc #yeg