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- Update on Bill C-279: Fighting for the Rights of Transgender People
- Senate reform
- Update on Bill C-51: observations and amendments
- Why I cannot support Bill C-51
- Top Reasons why the "Bathroom" Amendment to the Transgender Rights Bill C-279 Is Wrong
- Canadian Bar Association supports removal of ‘bathroom’ amendment from Bill C-279
- Clarification regarding amendments to Bill C-279
- Progressives' Agenda Items
- The Honourable Roméo Dallaire
- Senate Reform
- Liberal Senators and the Caucus Decision
- Suspending the Senators
- Rick Miller
- PowerPlay
- Beyond Politics
- Legalizing marijuana
- Let's Podcast the Senate Chamber Proceedings
- Des questions de conduite : la Gendarmerie royale du Canada doit transformer sa culture
- Conduct Becoming: Why The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Must Transform its Culture
- Les femmes et les changements climatiques
- Women and Climate Change
- Le rôle des partis politiques au Parlement
- The Role of Political Parties in Parliament
- The Myth of Harper's Job Creating
- Link of the day: Conservatives reject idea of civilian management board for RCMP
- Étude du Sénat sur le harcèlement au sein de la GRC
- Senate Study of Harassment in the RCMP
- Identité de genre
- Gender identity
- L'optimisme
- Optimism
- Économie et environnement
- Economy and Environment
- Envisioning a national energy strategy
- Picking the correct objectives
- The Conservative government has badly fumbled the energy file
- Alberta Prime Time
- No data, no science, no problem
- The hypocrisy of ideology
- Pooled Retirement Pension Plans
- Oil Spill Response
- Climate Change Deniers
- Veterans Need Mental Health Help
- Budget 2012
- More "common nonsense" in the Conservatives crime agenda
- Common sense or nonsense?
- New Senators and Senate Reform
- Crime Agenda
- Response to my holiday message
- Tribute to Senator Banks
- Paradigm Blindness
- Le refus de comprendre
- Visite du ministre de l’Énergie de la Norvège
- L’équité et l’accessibilité de notre système d’éducation constituent notre force
- Visit of the Minister of Energy from Norway
- A fair and accessible education system is our strength
- Fall Newsletter
- Acting with Faith
- Agir avec foi
- L'effet des lois en matière de sécurité publique
- Impact of Public Safety Legislation
- A refreshing take from Minister Kent
- Les coût des lois sur la sécurité publique
- Cost of Public Safety Legislation
- La politique budgétaire du gouvernement
- Government's Fiscal Policy
- Une leçon de leadership de Wainwright
- A lesson in leadership from Wainwright
- La Fondation canadienne de la santé des femmes
- Canadian Foundation for Women's Health
- Portraits honorifiques
- Portraits of honour
- Thinking of Jack Layton
- Que pouvons-nous apprendre de Monty Python à propos de la politique du gouvernement sur le climat?
- What we can Learn from Monty Python about the Government’s Climate Policy
- La démocratie et les subventions aux partis politiques
- Democracy and political party contributions
- La Commission canadienne du blé
- Canadian Wheat Board
- La réduction du déficit
- Deficit Reduction
- Les crédits d'émission de carbone
- Carbon Offsets
- La Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques—Le rapport du Canada sur les émissions de gaz à effet de serre
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—Canada's Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Cinq années d’immobilisme conservateur dans le dossier des changements climatiques
- It’s been five years of Conservative climate change inaction
- Senate Defence Committee visit to Washington, DC: Feb 2011
- Visite du comité sénatorial de la défense à Washington, DC, en février 2011
- Losing the bid
- La candidature perdue
- Post Traumatic Stress: A Wounded Hero
- A shift in the Senate
- Tobacco Products
- Meeting Evelyn Apoko
- Defence Committee visit to Edmonton Garrison
- Naming the Navy
- Comment appeler la Marine
- Tobacco warnings
- Women and political commentary
- The Trouble with Minority Government
- What Would Bill C-311 Have Done?
- On the road with SCEENR
- Speaking about the Senate
- Feeling the heat in Cancun
- Waning international influence
- Canadians speak out on Bill C-311
- Bill C-311
- Climate Change Policy
- Climate Change Policy
- 2009-10 Report of Commissioner of Official Languages
- KAIROS-Canadian Official Development Assistance
- A disappointing week for Canada
- 2011 Census
- Debate on Climate Change Legislation
- Climate Change
- QP Antics
- Oil Sands Visit
- Out of sight, out of mind – cancelling the long form census
- Senate Reform Update
- Matrimonial Property Rules for Aboriginal Communities
- Senator Grant Mitchell talks about climate change
- Offshore Drilling
- Bill C-311
- What happened in the Senate Finance Committee last week
- Renewable Energy
- Senator Mitchell and C-311
- A Meeting with Mr. Stinky
- Climate Change Policy
- Human Rights and Climate Change
- Maternal Health Conference
- Carbon Markets 101
- Senator Mitchell and Senator Banks discuss the Globe 2010 Conference
- Globe 2010 Conference
- Clean Energy Funding and the Federal Budget
- Democratic Reform
- Representative Democracy
- Gender-Based Analysis and the Federal Budget
- Speech from the Throne Promises Little on Climate Change
- Meet Senator Grant Mitchell
- A New Climate Change Technology: Part Two
- A New Climate Change Technology
- Climate Change Call to Action
- Climate change policies
- Green Leadership
- H1N1 Question
- Is Twitter The New Veranda?
- November 11, 2009
- Pension Reform
- The Cost of Carbon Capture and Storage
- 80th anniversary of the Persons Case
- A quick thought about the climate change debate
- Asking the government about gender issues here and abroad
- Considering carbon offsets
- American climate change legislation
- The American perspective on energy future
- Election won’t kill tax credit
- Crime and Punishment
- Summer Work for a Senator
- Weighing the NWPA Changes
- Expanding Nahanni
- Chairing a Senate Committee
- Parliamentary Interns
- Learning from the North
- Who will do it if we don’t?
- Politicians and their families
- A sad day
- Hoping for Cap and Trade
- Pondering Political Parties
- Small world story
- Research Funding in the Recent Budget
- The Arctic Report of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, Environment and Natural Resources (SCEENR)
- Vancouver Convention - April 28 to May 3, 2009
- Senate Reform: Not as simple as it sounds
- Supporting family values? Actions speak louder than words
- Representing our veterans: Debate resolved for now
- An update to the debate on representing our veterans
- A debate on representing our veterans
- Here is a week in the life of a Senator, me
- An election in October 2009?
- A question for the Government on Earth Day
- Let's reframe "green"
- Questions about Question Period
- We need fair solutions to combat climate change
- Getting off the climate change mark first
- To Store the Future
- Thoughts on Omar Khadr
- Senate Finance Committee
- Why I voted to allow C-10 to pass
- Pay Equity and Bill C-10
- Kady O'Malley, Blogster Extraordinaire
- ‘Getting tough on crime’ doesn’t mean justice
- Energy as a Unity Issue
- TV in the Senate
- Cutting research when we need it most
- Cutting research when we need it most
- Obama’s Cap and Trade Policy
- Cattle Manure Produces Green Energy
- Making Progress in French
- Budget Thoughts
- Pay Equity
- Studying climate change - again
- The coalition case
- Pure politics
- Focus on the economy
- Video entry - holiday greetings
- It's the economy
- People over Politics
- Waxman - the US Environment and Energy Chair in Congress
- Partisanship
- Integrity
- Anti-Arts Policy
- We must do better
- Rights of women around the world
- Protecting human rights
- Jailing 14 year olds for life
- August deficit
- Arts and Culture
- Voter behaviour
- The Conservatives and the economy
- Theory of Everything Conservative
- Election Call
- Equality for women
- Election Posturing
- Climate change thoughts
- Conservative Disrespect for the Institutions of Government
- Fort McMurray - Tour of the Albion Oil Sands Mining Operation
- International Initiatives
- Climate change in BC
- Korea - Canada in the War
- Reflections from Korea
- Korean Veterans
- Hypermiling
- Science and Public Policy
- Climate Change and the Aboriginal North
- Apology to the Aboriginal People
- Ethanol
- Green shift vignette
- Fine Dining in Alberta
- More of my Experience in Afghanistan
- Caribou not on the menu
- A Day in the Life of a Senator
- Learning French
- The Strength of Our Senate
- Video entry-Senator Mitchell discusses the historic passage of Bill C-288, An Act to ensure Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the Kyoto Protocol
- Dead Ducks an Environmental Wake-up Call
- Hubris or Ideology Trumping Reason and Science
- Dogged and Persistent Senator Stands up for Women
- Effective public policy must be based on the truth
- Irresponsible Climate Change Policy
- Kandahar Reflections
- Kandahar Base
- Project Rwanda
- Ottawa Life article on the environment
- A Vote for the Environment
- Three Important Messages from Stephane Dion
- The Challenge of Our Generation
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