Representative
Member
Independent Senators Group
Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association
CA - K1A 0A6 - Ottawa
Canada
Working language: English
31/01/2025 | 12:12:28 Thank you, Mister President. Yesterday, we heard how Ukrainian children, forcibly deported to Russia, have been deprived of the right to speak their own language. The goal has been to assimilate them into Russian society and to destroy their Ukrainian identities. In hearing this, I was reminded of Indigenous peoples’ experiences in Canada. Like many gathered here today, your languages and mine breathe life into our culture and helps define who we are. In Canada, our Supreme Court wrote... 29/01/2025 | 11:11:44 Thank you, Madam President, honourable colleagues, I begin by acknowledging and thanking rapporteur Ms Luz MARTINEZ SEIJO for her work on the report. As an Indigenous woman and professor for 27 years, I unequivocally agree with the inclusion of sensitive histories in school curricula and consideration of multiple perspectives as a fundamental means to reinforce democratic culture, pluralism and human rights within society, and for all the reasons that previous speakers have already... 28/01/2025 | 17:57:12 Thank you, Mister President. Honourable colleagues, I begin by acknowledging the ancestors and peoples of these lands from the past, the present and into the future. Hamas' horrific terrorist attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 has been called the deadliest day in Israel's history. Since then, according to the WHO, more than 46 000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip and Hamas’ horrific terrorist attack on 7 October 2023 has been called “the deadliest day in Israel’s history.” Over 100...