2013

Senator Dennis Patterson

May 9, 2013 Honourable Senators, I rise to express my outrage about the April 25 decision of the General Court of the European Union to reject, on a technicality, an appeal from Inuit of Canada on the European Union regulation …

Senator Dennis Patterson

March 20, 2013 Honourable Senators: A key feature of Canadian history has been the evolution of our nation’s vast northern regions into self governing territories with resource development as the mainstay of their economies. For example, Prime Minister Dienfenbaker’s …

Senator Dennis Patterson

March 19, 2013 Honourable Senators, Today I wish to applaud the Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species of Wildlife and Flora (CITES) for voting against a US-Russia sponsored proposition to up-list the polar bear from an Appendix II to …

Senator Dennis Patterson

February 14, 2013 Honourable Senators, Foreign controlled animal rights activists and environmental organizations from outside Canada are continuing to use the Canadian Arctic in their destructive and uninformed campaigns to raise funds for the alleged goals of saving the North’s …