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Changing Dietary Habits
Applaud feds, but if we’re serious about changing dietary habits, we must start with our young Canadians By Senator Marty Deacon For many of us, diet is often top of mind when our calendars change over. But what and how we eat has been in the news for reasons beyond new year’s resolutions these past few weeks. For instance, 37 scientists from the EAT-Lancet Commission on Food, Planet, Health recently outlined a diet that will not only help us live longer, but also allow…
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Cannabis and Sport: Perspectives from a Seat in the Canadian Senate
Cannabis and Sport: Perspectives from a Seat in the Canadian Senate
April 25, 2019
Canada’s Olympic history is a decorated one. There have been so many moments of note that we sometimes need reminding of what has transpired as the years pass as the medals pile up. For instance, February 2018 marked twenty years since Ross Rebagliati won Olympic gold in snowboarding. His win was notable not only for his gold medal, but also for the conversation it sparked about cannabis in spo…
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From retirement to the Senate
From retirement to the Senate
Marty Deacon was buying pork chops at a grocery store when she answered a phone call from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office offering her a seat in the Senate.
Paul Morden
Published on: May 9, 2019 | Last Updated: May 9, 2019 6:05 PM EDT
Marty Deacon, a senator from the Waterloo Region, speaks Thursday to students at St. Patrick's Catholic High School in Sarnia. Her visit, the second by a Canadian s…
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Senators engage with youth in mental health workshop
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Senators engage with youth in mental health workshop
June 5, 2019
Capping off the end of Mental Health Week in May, Ottawa high school students and senators sat down together for an enriching workshop on mental health literacy held in the Senate of Canada Building that ended with one senator saying she could see the direct impact it had on students.
Senator Marty Deacon and Senator Stan Kutcher co-hosted the workshop on May 13 and invited Andrew Baxte…
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Senator Marty Deacon confident new hockey league for women will happen
Senator Marty Deacon confident new hockey league for women will
happen
By Tessa Vikander Star Vancouver
Wed., June 5, 2019
VANCOUVER—Senator Marty Deacon is confident that a viable alternative to the Canadian Women’s Hockey League will emerge and credits the striking female hockey players, who recently formed a union, for their advocacy.
An advocate for amateur sports, former Olympic coach and the director of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Deacon is deeply concerned about the fact…
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Canada Day on Parliament Hill 2019…..Reflections from a Senator
Photo: Greg Kolz
As the Senate worked hard to finish our Senate work the best we could - over very long hours, over deep debate, through courageous conversations, through great moments, through challenging moments - we did our best to walk the fine line between pushing for changes we thought would make legislation better, while also being aware that we must respect the will…
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