Senator Tony Dean

NEWS RELEASE Senate passes bill to expedite pardons for those with simple cannabis possession records OTTAWA, June 20, 2019 – Last evening, the Senate of Canada passed a bill that would provide a no-cost, expedited record suspension, or pardon, as they are commonly known, for individuals who have been convicted of simple possession of cannabis.   Bill C-93, An Act to provide no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis, passed without amendment.  This…

NEWS RELEASE Independent Senator calls for Review of Senate Social Media Guidelines OTTAWA, June 13, 2019 – Following a number of incidents involving social media prompting concerns in the Senate over the past several weeks, Independent Senator Tony Dean proposed today that the institution’s social media policies and guidelines be reviewed. This step was taken at a weekly meeting of the Senate’s Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration Committee (CIBA). “There have been in…

Senator Tony Dean Many Canadians would like to see their Senate become more relevant and effective, a shift that will require less politics and more independence. In the theatre of pre-election politics, internal opposition to reform has intensified, including recent attacks on the legitimacy of recently appointed Independent senators who now comprise a majority in the Senate. A growing number of senators have been quietly pursuing reform for several years. But these efforts re…

On Tuesday, March 19th, Senator Dean will speak to students and the public at the University of Guelph on his experience as the sponsor of C-45: the Cannabis Act, and the ways in which this has contributed to Senate modernization, something that is of great interest to Senator Dean.

Holly Lake, iPolitics Independent Sen. Tony Dean said when you spend hours sitting and waiting while bells ring, it’s beyond frustrating. What’s more frustrating for him and other relatively new senators, however, is that they expect there would be some effort to plan and organize their business in a more rational way. “That’s the discussion we should have had last night,” Dean said. “It was a discussion that everyone wanted to have and was important, but it was delayed by the…