INTERVENTIONS IN THE SENATE CHAMBER

Below are all of Senator Colin Deacon's interventions in the Senate Chamber dating back to his appointment in 2018. Interventions in the Senate Chamber includes Senator's statements at the commencement of Senate sittings, speeches on particular bills or motions, as well as questions posed in response to the speeches of other Senators or during the question period.

2025

  • June 12th, 2025

    In this speech, Senator Deacon suggests four key areas of importance that this new government could focus on to boldly transform Canada’s economy: modernizing competition policies, reforming the regulatory system, improving procurement and catalyzing investment and support to innovators. Click here to see his full remarks.

  • June 12th, 2025

    Procurement remains one of the biggest barriers for innovative companies. Senator Deacon asks the Government Representative of the Senate about what the new government plans to do about fixing procurement programs for innovation. Click here to see the entire exchange.

  • June 10th, 2025

    Senator Deacon celebrates DeNova, a Nova-Scotia based company that produces a high-value protein ingredient from methanol. The Senator also urges the government to prioritize catalyzing innovative companies such as DeNova that cut across multiple national priorities. Click to see the entire speech.

  • May 29th 2025

    Technology has become a disruptive, cross-cutting force that shapes every corner of our society. As a result, it’s important that legislators learn to understand and know how to effectively legislate and regulate it. For this reason, Senator Deacon introduced Motion 3 in the Chamber, to encourage Senators to actively deliberate on the impacts and influences of technology in any study that is undertaken in committee. In this speech, Senator Deacon makes the case for why Senators need the skill sets to effectively legislate, investigate and advise on this ubiquitous, disruptive force. Click here to see the speech.