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David Wells is senator representing Newfoundland and Labrador. He is chair of the Senate Subcommittee on the Senate Estimates, and sits on the Senate Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and Administration.

Feds sell out Newfoundland and Labrador economy to play to anti-energy groups

  • There is a very good reason almost everyone in Newfoundland and Labrador is opposed to Bill C-69. This piece of federal legislation kneecaps our
Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | July 3, 2019
Newfoundland and Labrador MP Seamus O’Regan gets sworn into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet in August 2017. If we listen to Trudeau, O’Regan and the federal environment minister, the only people opposed to Bill C-69 are lobbyists from Big Oil, not the province’s citizens. The Hill Times file photograph

Feds sell out Newfoundland and Labrador economy to play to anti-energy groups

Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | July 3, 2019
  • There is a very good reason almost everyone in Newfoundland and Labrador is opposed to Bill C-69. This piece of federal legislation kneecaps our

Feds sell out Newfoundland and Labrador economy to play to anti-energy groups

Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | July 3, 2019
  • There is a very good reason almost everyone in Newfoundland and Labrador is opposed to Bill C-69. This piece of federal legislation kneecaps our
Newfoundland and Labrador MP Seamus O’Regan gets sworn into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet in August 2017. If we listen to Trudeau, O’Regan and the federal environment minister, the only people opposed to Bill C-69 are lobbyists from Big Oil, not the province’s citizens. The Hill Times file photograph

What Sen. Harder really wants? A one-party state

  • Government Senate Leader Peter Harder made some comments regarding the Conservative Senate caucus last week that I would like to address. Sen. Harder blames
Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | April 19, 2018
Government Representative in the Senate Peter Harder, pictured, says the previous Conservative government of Stephen Harper turned the Senate into essentially 'a rubber-stamping echo chamber.' But the chair of the Conservative Senate caucus, Sen. David Wells, says it's really Sen. Harder who would love nothing more than for the Senate to become a 'rubber stamp'—for the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times file photograph

What Sen. Harder really wants? A one-party state

Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | April 19, 2018
  • Government Senate Leader Peter Harder made some comments regarding the Conservative Senate caucus last week that I would like to address. Sen. Harder blames

What Sen. Harder really wants? A one-party state

Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | April 19, 2018
  • Government Senate Leader Peter Harder made some comments regarding the Conservative Senate caucus last week that I would like to address. Sen. Harder blames
Government Representative in the Senate Peter Harder, pictured, says the previous Conservative government of Stephen Harper turned the Senate into essentially 'a rubber-stamping echo chamber.' But the chair of the Conservative Senate caucus, Sen. David Wells, says it's really Sen. Harder who would love nothing more than for the Senate to become a 'rubber stamp'—for the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The Hill Times file photograph

Prime Minister Trudeau, no fan of the middle class

  • On December 20, 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a ban on offshore oil and gas activity in Canada’s Arctic by way of a
Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | March 7, 2017
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. Photograph courtesy of Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard

Prime Minister Trudeau, no fan of the middle class

Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | March 7, 2017
  • On December 20, 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a ban on offshore oil and gas activity in Canada’s Arctic by way of a

Prime Minister Trudeau, no fan of the middle class

Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | March 7, 2017
  • On December 20, 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a ban on offshore oil and gas activity in Canada’s Arctic by way of a
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent makes an approach to the Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. Photograph courtesy of Patrick Kelley, U.S. Coast Guard

Changing our national anthem strikes discord with Canadians

  • A country’s national anthem is arguably one of the most important aspects of its history, and a symbol of its patriotism. Our anthem, ‘O
Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | December 9, 2016
A member of the RCMP sings Canada's national anthem, 'O Canada.' Bill C-210, An Act to amend the National Anthem Act, was put forward by the late Mauril Bélanger. The bill, currently being debated in the Senate, would have Parliament change the lyrics of the national anthem, replacing 'in all thy sons command' with 'in all of us command.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Changing our national anthem strikes discord with Canadians

Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | December 9, 2016
  • A country’s national anthem is arguably one of the most important aspects of its history, and a symbol of its patriotism. Our anthem, ‘O

Changing our national anthem strikes discord with Canadians

Opinion | BY SENATOR DAVID WELLS | December 9, 2016
  • A country’s national anthem is arguably one of the most important aspects of its history, and a symbol of its patriotism. Our anthem, ‘O
A member of the RCMP sings Canada's national anthem, 'O Canada.' Bill C-210, An Act to amend the National Anthem Act, was put forward by the late Mauril Bélanger. The bill, currently being debated in the Senate, would have Parliament change the lyrics of the national anthem, replacing 'in all thy sons command' with 'in all of us command.' The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
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