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    Debates of the Senate (Hansard)

    • SENATORS' STATEMENTS
    • ROUTINE PROCEEDINGS
    • QUESTION PERIOD
    • ORDERS OF THE DAY

    THE SENATE

    Wednesday, December 14, 2016

    The Senate met at 2 p.m., the Speaker in the chair.

    Prayers.

    The Senate

    Motion to Photograph the Introduction of New Senators Adopted

    The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, there have been consultations and there is an agreement to allow a photographer in the Senate Chamber to photograph the introduction of new senators.

    Is it agreed, honourable senators?

    Hon. Senators: Agreed.

    New Senators

    The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I have the honour to inform the Senate that the Clerk has received certificates from the Registrar General of Canada showing that the following persons, respectively, have been summoned to the Senate:

    Daniel Christmas

    Rosa Galvez

    Introduction

    The Hon. the Speaker having informed the Senate that there were senators without, waiting to be introduced:

    The following honourable senators were introduced; presented Her Majesty's writs of summons; took the oath prescribed by law, which was administered by the Clerk; and were seated:

    Hon. Daniel Christmas, of Membertou, Nova Scotia, introduced between Hon. Peter Harder, P.C., and Hon. Murray Sinclair; and

    Hon. Rosa Galvez, of Lévis, Quebec, introduced between Hon. Peter Harder, P.C., and Hon. Grant Mitchell.

    The Hon. the Speaker informed the Senate that each of the honourable senators named above had made and subscribed the Declaration of Qualification required by the Constitution Act, 1867, in the presence of the Clerk of the Senate, the Commissioner appointed to receive and witness the said declaration.

    (1410)

    Distinguished Visitors in the Gallery

    The Hon. the Speaker: Honourable senators, I wish to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of our former colleague, the Honourable Frank Mahovlich, accompanied by his wife Marie Mahovlich.

    On behalf of all honourable senators,

    List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign endorsements

    For 2012 endorsements, see List of Barack Obama 2012 presidential campaign endorsements.

    This is a list of notable persons and groups who formally endorsed or voiced support for Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign during the Democratic Party primaries and the general election.

    U.S. presidents and vice presidents

    U.S. senators

    Current

    • Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Committee
    • Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Finance Committee
    • Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
    • Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), 2008 Democratic vice presidential nominee and former 1988 and 2008 presidential candidate
    • Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
    • Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
    • Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
    • Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), President pro tempore of the United States Senate, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations
    • Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
    • Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
    • Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
    • Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA)
    • Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), former 2008 presidential candidate
    • Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Chairman of the Budget Committee
    • Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT), former 2008 presidential candidate and Chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
    • Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee, and the Committee on Indian Affairs
    • Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Majority Whip
    • Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI)
    • Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
    • Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee
    • Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI)[8&
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    • The Inaugural Post Pt. I: In which I accidentally stalk my agents

    First, an admission. I probably should have started this blog long ago, but I had other things to do (i.e. catching up on seven glorious years of RuPaul’s Drag Race--thanks for giving me life, ladies--and learning how to do The Twitter) and never got around to it. So my first two posts will really be a whistle-stop tour of how THE ETHAN I WAS BEFORE (caps = manuscript that lives in your computer) became The Ethan I Was Before (italics = book that will actually one day live in a bookstore). Bear with me…

    Cue: back in time sound effects/screen wave.

    It was the spring of 2014. I was working for a public school in Washington, D.C. and gearing up for a transatlantic move. It was a really hectic time and, in a lot of ways, kind of a brutal one. I was about to leave a job I was passionate about working with kids I loved, say goodbye to family and friends, all to go live in a new country where I had no job and knew no one but my then boyfriend (now husband), Aki.

    But around that time, the seed of a story was taking root in my brain. And on nights when I couldn’t sleep because I couldn’t picture what this new life of mine would look like, I calmed myself down by thinking about that story. And it slowly started to grow.

    By the time I arrived in Cambridge, my fingers were literally tingling with the desire to start writing it. And fortunately for me, I had nothing but time to do just that. (Because I am not a British citizen, I had to wait several months for my visa to be approved before I could even apply for a new job.)

    My new home in Grantchester!

    I pumped out that first draft in about two months. I do tend to write drafts fairly quickly, but that’s because my stories live and grow the jungle of my brain for a long time before I dare attempt to wrangle them out. (I imagine this process to be somewhat similar to uprooting a screaming mandrake from its pot...very tricky busin