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Canadian Senators Group
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
CA - K1A 0A6 - Ottawa
Canada
Working language: English
13/10/2023 | 13:15:07 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Colleagues: By now, all of us are familiar with the state of public institutions in Russia where democratic hopes raised by the collapse of communism have been overwhelmed by a quarter century of corruption masquerading as a free market and repression standing in for governance. We know that Putin has been continuously in power as President or Prime Minister of Russia since 2000 and the amendments brought to the Russian Constitution in 2020... 11/10/2023 | 20:03:40 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) As we are all aware, the electronic devices used to perform our parliamentary duties, and make our lives easier, can also be used to collect information about us to a degree that is hard to imagine. The use of so-called “spyware” can enable bad actors – private citizens, corporations or hostile governments – to capture information from unsuspecting victims’ phones and other devices, information they can use against the users of these devices... 22/06/2023 | 20:07:15 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) In 2014, when Russia violated Ukraine’s territory, we felt directly involved in Canada because of our close bilateral relationship with Ukraine. In the years that followed, Russia used disinformation campaigns, hybrid and cyber operations, and military build-ups in and around Ukraine to try to destabilize the country in the lead-up to its full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022. On another front, Russia has been providing diplomatic... 20/06/2023 | 16:47:51 Following the fixed presidential election of August 2020, Canada imposed sanctions against the illegitimate government in Belarus. These sanctions stem from the Canadian government’s opinion that gross human rights violations have been committed in Belarus and it was obviously not a fair election. They are also a reaction to Belarus’s support of Russia’s war invasion of Ukraine, which is a grave breach of international peace and security that has resulted in a serious international crisis... 19/06/2023 | 17:37:20 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Honourable colleagues, On 14 May 2023 – and then again, on 28 May 2023 – almost nine out of 10 Turks voted in parliamentary and presidential elections. In Canada, we’ve never come close to that level of voter turnout, so I congratulate the Turkish people on exercising their democratic right to cast a ballot. I’ll also take this opportunity to echo Prime Minister Trudeau in congratulating the President of Türkiye on his re-election. As...
20/06/2023 | Doc. 15799 | Written declaration Protection of children and of European fundamental rights 04/05/2023 | Doc. 15762 | Written declaration Restoring Taiwan’s Observer status with The World Health Assembly for the effective promotion of global health 04/05/2023 | Doc. 15763 | Written declaration Electoral integrity under potential threat in Türkiye 14/02/2023 | Doc. 15634 | Written declaration Support Iranian people's protests 12/10/2022 | Doc. 15634 | Written declaration Support Iranian people's protests