‘We’re stronger together’: African Senate Group responds to protest, seeks ‘meaningful’ change in Red Chamber

All seven members of the African Canadian Senate Group were signatories to recent calls for action from the Parliamentary Black Caucus in response to the ongoing occupation of Ottawa.

Six of the seven African Canadian Senate Group members are pictured, clockwise from top left: Ontario Senator Rosemary Moodie, who serves as chair; Quebec Senator Marie-François Mégie; Quebec Senator Amina Gerba; Nova Scotia Senator Wanda Bernard; B.C. Senator Mobina Jaffer; and Ontario Senator Bernadette Clement. (Unpictured is Newfoundland and Labrador Senator Mohamed Ravalia.)The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, file photograph, and photographs courtesy of Facebook

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

February 16, 2022

Since Feb. 2, Ontario ISG Senator Bernadette Clement has gone to work on foot, walking from her downtown Ottawa apartment through the protest encampment along Wellington Street to her East Block office, and on to the Senate of Canada Building. Worried ab...

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