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Statement Senator Renée Dupuis Calls on the Canadian Government to Establish Pilot Projects for a Universal

The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, P.C., M.P. Le très honorable Justin Trudeau, C.P., député The following Senators endorse this initiative Les sénateurs suivants supportent cette initiative 1. L'honorable Diane Bellemare 37. L'honorable Marie-Françoise Mégie 2. The Honourable Lynn Beyak 38. The Honourable Grant Mitchell 3. The Honourable Gwen Boniface 39. L'honorable Lucie Moncion 4. The Honourable Larry W. Campbell 40. The Honourable Jim Munson 5. L'honorable Claude Carignan 41. The Honourable Victor Oh 6. The Honourable Dan Christmas 42. The Honourable Ratna Omidvar 7. The Honourable Anne C. Cools 43. The Honourable Kim Pate 8. L'honorable René Cormier 44. The Honourable Dennis Glen Patterson 9. L'honorable Jean-Guy Dagenais 45. The Honourable Donald Neil Plett 10. L'honorable Dennis Dawson 46. Monsieur le Sénateur André Pratte 11. The Honourable Joseph A. Day 47. L'honorable Pierrette Ringuette 12. The Honourable Tony Dean 48. L'honorable Raymonde Saint-Germain 13. The Honourable Percy E. Downe 49. The Honourable Murray Sinclair 14. The Honourable Norman E. Doyle 50. The Honourable Scott Tannas 15. The Honourable Michael Duffy 51. L'honorable Claudette Tardif 16. L'honorable Renée Dupuis 52. The Honourable Pamela Wallin 17. The Honourable Nicole Eaton 53. The Honourable David M. Wells 18. The Honourable Art Eggleton 54. The Honourable Howard Wetston 19. L'honorable Éric Forest 55. The Honourable Yuen Pau Woo 20. The Honourable Joan Fraser 21. The Honourable Linda Frum 22. L'honorable Raymonde Gagné 23. The Honourable Rosa Galvez 24. The Honourable Marc Gold 25. The Honourable Diane F. Griffin 26. The Honourable Nancy J. Hartling 27. The Honourable Leo Housakos 28. The Honourable Elizabeth Hubley 29. The Honourable Mobina S.B. Jaffer 30. The Honourable Frances Lankin 31. The Honourable Sandra M. Lovelace Nicholas 32. L'honorable Ghislain Maltais 33. The Honourable Fabian Manning 34. The Honourable Elizabeth Marshall 35. The Honourable Elaine McCoy 36. The Honourable Marilou McPhedran April 11, 2017 .

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