Raymonde Saint-Germain | |
---|---|
Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group | |
Assumed office January 1, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Yuen Pau Woo |
Deputy Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group | |
In office September 25,2017 –January 1,2022 | |
Leader | Yuen Pau Woo |
Preceded by | Position created |
Senator for De la Vallière,Quebec | |
Assumed office November 25,2016 | |
Nominated by | Justin Trudeau |
Appointed by | David Johnston |
Preceded by | Pierre De Bané |
Personal details | |
Born | Quebec City,Canada | October 7,1951
Political party | Independent Senators Group |
Profession | Public servant |
Raymonde Saint-Germain (born October 7,1951) is a Canadian public servant and an independent member of the Senate of Canada. At the time of her appointment,Saint Germain was the Quebec ombudsperson. She was nominated for appointment to the Senate on November 2,2016,by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. [1] Saint-Germain assumed her office on November 25,2016. Since January 1,2022,Senator Saint-Germain has been elected Facilitator of the Independent Senators Group (ISG) in the Senate of Canada.
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (December 2020) |
In 1973,she obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism and information from Laval University. She then continued her studies in 1983 at the National School of Public Administration (ENAP),in the Master's program in International Management. Saint-Germain also holds a Certificate for Ombudsman at the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University.
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (December 2020) |
From 2006 to 2016,Saint-Germain served as Québec Ombudsperson for two consecutive five-year terms. For each of her mandates,she was unanimously appointed by the members of the National Assembly of Quebec. Before her departure from this position,the National Assembly adopted a unanimous motion commending her exceptional contribution and excellence in fulfilling her mandates as Quebec Ombudsperson.
Senator Saint-Germain is currently a member of Standing Senate Committee on Internal Economy,Budgets and Administration. She also chairs the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Senator Saint-Germain has also served on the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence,on the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications as well as the Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
In 2018,Senator Saint-Germain sponsored,in the Senate,Bill C-47 An Act to amend the Export and Import Permits Act and the Criminal Code (amendments permitting the accession to the Arms Trade Treaty and other amendments). This bill,which sought Canada's accession to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT),was introduced by Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in the wake of popular outrage over the sale of light armoured vehicles by General Dynamics to Saudi Arabia. The bill was passed on December 13,2018.
As Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Resources,she tabled a report in February 2019 on the modernization of the Senate's anti-harassment policy.
The Senate of Canada is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons,they compose the bicameral legislature of Canada.
Frances Lankin,,is a Canadian senator,former president and CEO of United Way Toronto,and a former Ontario MPP and cabinet minister in the NDP government of Bob Rae between 1990 and 1995. From 2010 to 2012,she co-chaired a government commission review of social assistance in Ontario. From 2009 to 2016,she was a member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee.
James Colin Ramsey Kenny is a former Canadian Senator. A member of the Liberal Party,he was appointed to the Senate in 1984 by Pierre Trudeau to represent the Rideau region of Ontario.
Shirley Maheu was a Canadian politician.
Percy E. Downe is a Canadian Senator and former political aide.
Marie-Paule Charette-Poulin was a Canadian senator until resigning in April 2015 and was the president of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2006 to 2008. She is married to international portrait artist Bernard Poulin.
Gwenneth (Gwen) M. Boniface is a Canadian politician who serves as a senator from Ontario since November 10,2016,sitting as a member of the Independent Senators Group (ISG). A former lawyer and police officer,she was the commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) from 1998 to 2006. Boniface was appointed to the Senate was announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on October 31,2016. Boniface is the first woman to serve as OPP commissioner.
Mobina S. B. Jaffer is a Canadian Senator representing British Columbia.
Paul J. Massicotte is a Canadian Senator representing the Senate division of De Lanaudière,Québec. He was appointed to the Senate on June 26,2003 on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. On October 30,2017,he joined the Independent Senators Group caucus. He had previously sat with the Senate Liberal Caucus. Massicotte sits on the Senate Standing Committee on Banking,Trade and Commerce and the Standing Committee on Energy,the Environment and Natural Resources.
Raymonde Folco is a Canadian politician,member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She represented the Quebec riding of Laval—Les Îles in the House of Commons of Canada through 5 successive parliaments from 1997 to 2011,when she left politics.
AndréPratte is a Canadian journalist and former senator who represented the De Salaberry division in Quebec. Before being appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 18,2016,Pratte was a journalist for over 35 years and was editor-in-chief of the Montreal newspaper La Presse. He was a member of the Independent Senators Group.
Clément Gignac is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Marguerite-Bourgeoys in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2009 to 2012. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party,he was elected in a by-election on June 22,2009,following the resignation of Monique Jérôme-Forget.
David Mark Wells,ICD.D is a Canadian senator from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was appointed to the Senate on January 25,2013 by Governor General David Johnston on the advice of Canada's 22nd prime minister,Stephen Harper. He is the former Chair of the Subcommittee on the Senate Estimates and the Senate’s Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight. Senator Wells is a strong proponent of accountability and transparency in the Senate.
Raymonde Gagné is a Canadian politician and academic who has served as the speaker of the Senate of Canada since May 12,2023. She was named to the Senate of Canada to represent Manitoba on March 18,2016.
Ratna Omidvar is a Canadian politician and academic,who was named to the Senate of Canada to represent Ontario on March 18,2016.
Renée Dupuis is a Canadian lawyer and an independent member of the Senate of Canada. Dupuis specialized in Canadian administrative law,Human rights law,and Canadian Indigenous law. She was chosen for appointment to the Senate on November 2,2016,by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Marc Gold is a Canadian law professor and politician who has served as Representative of the Government in the Senate since 2020. Gold has sat as the senator for Stadacona,Quebec since he was appointed on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016. He was a member of the Independent Senators Group (ISG) caucus from 2016 to 2020 but now sits as an Independent. Prior to his appointment as a senator,Gold taught law and was appointed associate dean at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Marie-Françoise Mégie is a Canadian physician,university professor at the Universitéde Montreal and member of the Independent Senators Group in the Senate of Canada. Born in Jacmel,Haiti,she moved to Quebec in 1976.
The Independent Senators Group is a parliamentary group in the Senate of Canada. Established on March 10,2016,the Independent Senators Group is committed to a non-partisan Senate and the modernization of the Upper House of Canada's Parliament. The Independent Senators Group is the largest parliamentary group in the Senate. Composed of independents not affiliated with any political caucus,members of the group work cooperatively but act independently.
Annie Koutrakis is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal riding of Vimy during the 2019 Canadian federal election,and was re-elected in the 2021 Canadian Federal Election. Koutrakis has served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport,and as of September 2023,now serves as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Tourism and the Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the regions of Quebec.. Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament,she worked in investment firms for 30 years.