Transgender children and youth, especially racialized and impoverished transgender children and youth, are among the most vulnerable people living in Canada today. At this moment of rising anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, racism, sexism, and transphobia, the Senate has an opportunity to offer not just my kid, but all kids in Canada, a chance to expand their understanding of and appreciation for the diversity of human experience. As Florence herself says, passing this bill is 'just being respectful.'

That is why you will hear no complaints from us about the recent vote. ALPA won fair and square and we wish them all the best in representing WestJet pilots. Now it is up to Senators to ensure workers in all federally regulated sectors get to maintain the secret ballot rights our pilots recently exercised.

Whether located in Antigonish, Lennoxville, Sackville, Wolfville, or dozens of other small communities across Canada, our students and early-career researchers need and deserve the increased support called for by the Fundamental Science Review.

But under just about any configuration of the final seat-count, Clark and NDP Leader John Horgan will have to try to come to terms with the Green Party. With three seats, it has the capacity to anchor one or the other to power and provide B.C. with some measure of governing stability.

Canada has to decide where it fits in—will we be at the forefront of utilizing new digital technologies to improve city services and build more inclusive communities, while at the same time creating the new businesses that will make cities smarter and create the good jobs that we need?

This time next year we need to be lauding the early signs of Canada’s renewed growth in global market share for clean innovation. That would be a win-win for the environment and the economy.

Modern death has become a wrenching political dilemma, one that grows more pressing as the population ages. A Good Death confronts our fears about dying, our struggle for meaning, and our dread of being trapped by voracious medical technology in a nightmare world that has abandoned caring in pursuit of curing, no matter the cost or the suffering to patients and their families. A Good Death asks the tough question none of us can avoid: How do we want to die?