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.

2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018

2025

  • December 10th, 2025

    Senator Deacon, along with his fellow Senate Standing Committee on Audit and Oversight members (Chair Senator Marty Klyne, Dep Chair Senator Tony Loffreda and Dep Chair Senator David Wells) each delivered short remarks about the importance of the work of the committee as they requested the Senate adopt their annual report.

    You can watch Senator Deacon’s speech here.

  • December 9th, 2025

    Senator Deacon paid a tribute to outgoing Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell, praising the transformative work of the Competition Bureau under his tenure.

    You can watch the speech here.

  • November 25th, 2025

    Senator Deacon rose to speak at second reading of Bill S-3. The speech argues that Canada’s “economic plumbing” (its outdated regulatory and legislative framework) has been neglected for decades, creating real barriers to modern economic activity, and welcomes the progress in Bill S-3.

    You can watch the speech here.

  • November 6th, 2025

    Senator Deacon asked the Government Representative if the federal government could provide the amount of data- and information-sharing agreements that currently exist between departments, and when the Government intended to update the outdated Privacy Act.

    You can watch the exchange here.

  • October 30th, 2025

    Senator Deacon delivered a tribute to the Honourable Gwen Boniface on her upcoming retirement from the Senate.

    You can watch the tribute here.

  • October 9th, 2025

    Senator Deacon asked Minister Hodgson about the use of consensus-based standards to expedite regulatory approval of major projects, as well as adopting best-practice provincial regulator processes, such as those in Nova Scotia, under the "one project, one approval" framework.

    You can see the questions here.

  • October 2nd, 2025

    Senator Deacon delivers a senator statement celebrating the Government of Nova Scotia's Large Industrial File Team (LIFT) and their success at being innovative regulators.

    You can read the statement here.

  • September 23rd, 2025

    Senator Deacon asked the Government Representative in the Senate, Senator Moreau, about the Canadian Program for Cybersecurity Certification and whether it puts undue barrier on procurement for domestic SMEs.

    To see the question and response, click here.

  • June 26th, 2025

    Senator Deacon speaks to Bill C-5 (One Canadian Economy Bill) to address why the proposed legislation needs to move forward unamended. Click here to see his full remarks.

  • June 25th, 2025

    Senator Deacon speaks to the Main Estimates bill for the 2025 fiscal year. He makes the case for why it’s important that the government implements and tracks Key Performance Indicators for programs and spending for innovation. Click here to see his entire remarks.

  • June 25th, 2025

    Senator Deacon asks the Government Representative of the Senate about the government’s efforts in curbing banking fraud and plans to implement the next phase of Open Banking.

    To see the question about baking fraud, click here.

    To see the question about open banking (consumer-driven banking), click here.

  • June 17th, 2025

    Senator Deacon questions Minister Champagne (Finance and National Revenue) on Part 4 of Bill C-4, which includes amendments to Canada’s Elections Act. Click here to see the entire exchange.

  • June 16th, 2025

    Senator Deacon questions Keith Jansa, CEO of the Digital Governance Council and other witnesses from the Public Policy Forum and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce about the importance of introducing more agility through our regulatory system to help eliminate interprovincial standards. See the entire exchange here.

  • 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.