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![Senator Peter Harder speaks at an event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first private sponsorship agreement for refugees.](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/harder-at-refugee-event-900x600-c-default.jpg)
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Celebrating 40 years of privately sponsored refugees in Canada
Over the past 40 years, the agreement has transformed the lives of the 327,000 privately-sponsored refugees.
![UNDRIP legislation ‘a framework for reconciliation’: Sen. Harder](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/themes/sjm-genus/img/dst/placeholder/placeholder_3x2_en-900x600-c-default.jpg)
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UNDRIP legislation ‘a framework for reconciliation’: Sen. Harder
Legislation in support of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was introduced by NDP MP Romeo Saganash.
![Sen. Rosemary Moodie (centre) is welcomed to the Red Chamber for the first time on February 19, 2019 by Sen. Ratna Omidvar (left) and Sen. Peter Harder (right). (Photo: Greg Kolz)](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-02-19_GK116-900x600-c-default.jpg)
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Red Chamber has full house as 4 new independent Senators sworn in
New Senators fill vacant seats in NWT, Yukon, Nova Scotia and Ontario.
![New law to regulate wrecks improved with Senate amendment to protect ocean graves](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/abandoned-beach-boat-1150978-e1549475396239-900x600-c-default.jpg)
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New law to regulate wrecks improved with Senate amendment to protect ocean graves
House of Commons accepted an amendment by the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications.
![Droits d’auteur, photo: Sénat du Canada.](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/COM_PHO-Antechamber_foyer-900x600-c-default.png)
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Increasingly independent Senate ends year with full house
Committees being asked to meet during extended break period to deal with important legislation.
![Photo: Greg Kolz](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tree-foyer-900x600-c-default.jpg)
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Senator Peter Harder’s holiday speech
The Government Representative in the Senate thanked Senators for their hard work and cooperation in a holiday speech in the Red Chamber on Dec. 12, 2018.
![Consumer protection provisions in budget bill is ‘federalism as its finest’](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/senate_bill-c29_small-article-post-900x600-c-default.jpg)
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Consumer protection provisions in budget bill is ‘federalism as its finest’
Senator André Pratte sponsored Bill C-86 in the Senate.
![Election laws set to be modernized before the next federal election](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/iStock-486523213-900x600-c-default.png)
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Election laws set to be modernized before the next federal election
Bill C-76 passes the Senate with a technical amendment.
![Senate adopts legislation to curb illicit arms trade](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/tulip-fest-2017-900x600-c-default.jpg)
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Senate adopts legislation to curb illicit arms trade
Bill C-47 allows Canada to join an international arms treaty.
![A delegation of First Nations leaders from the northern coast of B.C. met with several Senators, including the Government Representative in the Senate, on December 4, 2018 to urge the passage of Bill C-48, which would formalize a longstanding oil tanker moratorium in the region.](https://senate-gro.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Pacific-Northwest-Delegation-1-e1543963310353-900x600-c-default.jpg)
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‘We all have an obligation to save what can be saved for the next generations’: Sen. Harder
Bill C-48 formalizes voluntary tanker exclusion zone conceived in 1985.