PSG Senator Andrew Cardozo
Andrew Cardozo is an Ontario Senator, a member of the Progressive Senate Group, and a long-time Ottawa resident.
It would seem that our government understands the depth of the crisis, as do, perhaps, most political parties, but not necessarily the Canadian public.
There is a definite need to reform the public broadcaster, but a failure to preserve it would remove a cornerstone of our country when we need to build it up.
We have the building blocks to define a Canadian identity, but they need to be reviewed, reformed, and rebuilt.
This as a wake-up call to re-establish our national purpose, and to stand up for our country, the most unusual and amazing nation on Earth.
If the Upper Chamber is amending many bills—improving them—then it is doing exactly what the Senate is supposed to do.
A peek inside a Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group journey to the belly of the American congressional beast.
High immigration is only one cause of the housing shortage. The bigger reason is the longstanding federal and provincial policy to exit the housing field. Luckily, Housing Minister Sean Fraser is finding more willing partners in provincial and municipal governments than ever before.
The narrative to put pressure on ‘Liberal Senators’ to pass the bill is a nice political line, but the clarion call would result in zero votes as there are no Liberal Senators.
Every Canadian has views about how to change it, and some even want to kill it, but some kind of vision fit for a rapidly changing world needs to come out of the dialogue.
I was appointed as an Independent Senator, meaning I decide how I vote on each bill and motion. No party pressure, discipline, caucusing in the House or political fundraising.
