• The Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade has Tabled a Report on the Evacuation of Over 14,000 Canadians from Lebanon,
  May 31, 2007
  
  
• Senator Downe Writes President, Chair and Members of the CBC Board of Directors, March 1, 2007
  
  
• Senator Downe Encourages CBC to Strengthen Island Resources, February 27, 2007
  
  
• Senator Downe Pleased to See Proposed Changes to Delivery of the GIS, December 18, 2006
  
  
• Harper Conservative Government's Elimination of the Court Challenges Program Silences Fight for Equality Rights, December 4, 2006
  
  
• News Release and Letter to Prime Minister Harper Regarding Appointment of Permanent Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada
  December 1, 2006
  
  
• Recent Funding Announcement for Confederation Centre $4.7 Million Less than Original Commitment, August 3, 2006
  
  
• Senate Reform - Bill S-4 and The Constitution Act, 1982, June 29, 2006
  
  
• Senator Downe Continues to Press for Confederation Centre of the Arts Funding, June 8, 2006
  
  
• Senator Downe Disappointed by Reduced Funding for Confederation Centre, May 5, 2006
  
  
• Senator Downe Appointed to Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 4, 2006
  
  
• Senator Downe Tables Written Questions in the Senate, April 13, 2006
  
  
• Senator Percy Downe Continues to Press for Canadian Forces' Employment Incentives, April 13, 2006
  
  
• Air Canada News Release, September 22, 2005
  
  
• CBC Lockout News Release, September 21, 2005
  
  
• Charlottetown Senator Percy Downe Urges Further Work on Relocating Federal Departments to Canada's Regions, September 20, 2005
  
  
• National Seniors' Secretariat Should Play Role in Solving GIS Problems, March 2, 2005
  
  
• Senator Downe Outlines Benefits of Relocating Federal Departments, Agencies and Crown Corporations to the Regions of Canada, February 3, 2005
  
  
• Senator Downe Highlights Positive Role of Upper Chamber During Speech, January 28, 2005
  
  
• Senator Downe Calls on Prime Minister to Increase The Guaranteed Income Supplement in Federal Budget, January 24, 2005
  
  
• Senator Downe Asks Auditor-General to Examine the Flaws in the Delievery of the Guaranteed Income Supplement, January 13, 2005
  
  
• Senator Downe Appointed to Senate Committees, October 13, 2004
  
  
• Senator Downe Calls Attention To The Basic Flaws In The Delivery Of The Guaranteed Income Supplement For Low-Income Seniors, October 6, 2004
  
  
• The Confederation Centre of the Arts Receives Funding, March 1, 2004
  
  
• Senator Downe is Committed to an Inclusive 'Municipal Agenda', February 6, 2004

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• P.E.I. Senator Pays Tribute to Pearson's Legacy, The Guardian, December 11, 2007
  
  
• Senators Voice Concerns; PEI Representatives Say Changes Leave Provinces Shortchanges, The Guardian, June 19, 2007
  
  
• No way to mark Charter's Anniversary; Governments Shouldn't Emote over the Charter if They're not Prepared to Make it Accessible to Ordinary People, The Guardian, April 23, 2007
  
  
• Senator Urges More Funding for 60-minute CBC Newscast,The Guardian, March 2, 2007
  
  
• Simplifying the Red Tape for the GIS; It Only Makes Sense That Those Eligible for the Guaranteed Income Supplement Have Easier Access to it, January 10, 2007
  
  
• Guest Opinion by Senator Downe - Giving More Support to the Confederation Centre; The Centre Could Have the Same Economic Success as Stratford if it had Serious Investment from Ottawa, The Guardian, June 5, 2006
  
  
• Senator Downe Staying Neutral in Liberal Leadership Race) Grit Candidate Ignatieff Leads in Caucus Support with 27 MPs, The Hill Times, June 5, 2006
  
  
• Term-limits Bill "Small Step" Towards More Effective Senate, Tory Senator Says, Ottawa Citizen, June 2, 2006
  
  
• Island Senator Reappointed to Foreign Affairs Committee, The Guardian, May 8, 2006
  
  
• Cutting Funding to Confederation Centre Upsets Island Senator, The Guardian, May 6, 2006
  
  
• PEI Considers Elected Senator: Premier Open to Idea of Holding a Vote to Fill Vacancy in Ottawa, Ottawa Citizen, January 26, 2006
  
  
• Senator Looking into Air Canada Service, The Guardian, October 31, 2005
  
  
• Un sénateur propose de déménager des ministères au complet, Le Droit, October 5, 2005
  
  
• Martin: Ottawa ready to relocate services; Prime minister says balance must be found between keeping core in Ottawa and relocating jobs to regions, The Guardian, September 26, 2005
  
  
• Ottawa offering one-stop shopping under one roof; Services include parental and pension benefits, employment insurance and how to obtain Social Insurance numbers, The Guardian, September 24, 2005
  
  
• PM says Island Senate seat will be filled 'in due course'; Martin says he won't delay in filling position that's been vacant since July 2004, The Guardian, September 23, 2005
  
  
• Centralized Federal Services Initiative Concerns Senator; Percy Downe asks Prime Minister in Letter to Ensure that Entire Departments, Including Senior Bureaucrats, are Relocated to Regions, The Guardian, September 22, 2005
  
  
• Government still mum on Service Canada, The Hill Times, August 8, 2005
  
  
• Club Presidents Meet with Senator, The Guardian, April 5, 2005
  
  
• It's Time to Spread Government Across Canada, The Guardian, March 8, 2005
  
  
• Seniors' Secretariat Should Tackle GIS Problems, Downe, P.E.I. Senator tells Seniors' Clubs Federal Budget Increased Level of GIS Support but too Many Still not Receiving Benefits, The Guardian, March 4, 2005
  
  
• Senator Wants Paul Martin to Decentralize Bureaucracy, The Hill Times, February 14, 2005
  
  
• Downe Urges Decentralized Federal Offices, The Guardian, February 11, 2005
  
  
• Memo to Ottawa: fix the GIS problem; Ottawa needs to find out why over 500 Islanders eligible for the Guaranteed Income Supplement are not receiving it, The Guardian, January 31, 2005
  
  
• Downe Fires Back at Critics of Senate; P.E.I. Senator Describes Upper Chamber as Protecting Small Regions from Larger, More Powerful, The Guardian, January 31, 2005
  
  
• Seniors; Senator Asks PM to Boost GIS, The Guardian, January 27, 2005
  
  
• Senator Says Low-Income Seniors Not Told They're Eligible for Supplement, January 20, 2005
  
  
• Seniors losing out? Senator asks auditor-general for probe; Thousands of low-income citizens may not know they're eligible for guaranteed income supplements, Montreal Gazette, January 20, 2005
  
  
• Senator Seeks Audit of GIS Administration, The Guardian, January 20, 2005
  
  
• With Policies Like These, Why Bother Saving? Poor Savers Lose Benefits, Wealthy get them taxed Away, National Post, December 4, 2004
  
  
• P.E.I. Senator says it's time to Decentralize Departments, The Guardian, December 2, 2004
  
  
• President's Report - PEI Senior Citizen's Federation, The Guardian, November 2, 2004
  
  
• Guest Opinion by Senator Downe - Federal Government Needs to go Extra Mile - Income Supplement isn't going to Everybody who is Eligible for it, The Guardian, April 27, 2004
  
  
• Islanders Lucky to Have Veterans Affairs: The Only Decentralized Federal Headquarters, The Guardian, December 3, 2003
  
  
• Guest Opinion by Senator Downe - Taking Significant Steps to Stop Island's Brain Drain, The Guardian, July 26, 2003
  
  
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• Letter to Minister of Public Safety Regarding Conservative Government's Failure to Honour Their 2006 Election Promise to Put More Police Officers in our Cities and Communities
  May 1, 2007
  
  
• News Release and Letter to Prime Minister Harper Regarding Appointment of Permanent Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada
  December 4, 2006
  
  
• Letter to Prime Minister Harper Regarding the Conservative Government's Plan to Cut Funding for the Court Challenges Program
  November 15, 2006
  
  
• Letter to the Minister of Veterans Affairs Regarding the Priority Status of Canadian Forces Veterans
  October 31, 2006
  
  
• Letters Regarding Funding for the Confederation Centre of the Arts
  November 8, 2006
  August 1, 2006
  June 7, 2006
  
  
• Letters to Prime Minister Regarding Decentralization of Government Departments
  February 8, 2006
  June 29, 2005
  January 26, 2005
  
  
• Letters to Prime Minister Regarding Guaranteed Income Supplement
  March 7, 2006
  January 20, 2005
  January 19, 2005
  December 14, 2004
  October 6, 2004

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• Statement Regarding The Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Prize 50th Anniversary, October 23, 2007
  
  
• National Recognition for Island Native, Georgina Fane Pope, November 22, 2006
  
  
• Speech on Senate Reform - Bill S-4 and The Constitution Act, 1982, June 28, 2006
  
  
• Taiwan and the World Health Organization, May 17, 2005
  
  
• 150th Anniversary of Charlottetown, April 13, 2005
  
  
• The Benefits of Relocating Federal Departments, Agencies and Crown Corporations to the Regions of Canada, February 2, 2005
  
  
• Reply to the Throne Speech, February 5, 2004
  
  
• The Basic Flaws in the Delivery of the Guaranteed Income Supplement, October 19, 2004
  
  

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• National Peacekeepers’ Day, August 9, 2008
  
  
• Canadian Council of Administrative Tribunals Presentation, June 20, 2005
  
  
• Role of the Senate Presentation, May 27, 2005
  
  
• Speech to the Presidents of the PEI Senior Citizens' Clubs, March 2, 2005
  
  
• Speech on the Role of the Senate to the Ellerslie Liberal Association, January 28, 2005
  
  

• Economic Impact of Relocation of Veteran's Affairs Head Office to PEI, September 20, 2005
  
  
• Civil Service Relocation from London and the South East, September 14, 2005
  
  
• Economic Impact of the National GST Centre in Summerside, PEI, December 22, 2005

• Letter to Canada's New Chief Negotiator and Ambassador for Climate Change regarding Prince Edward Island's Vulnerability to Climate Change June 4, 2008
  
  
• Submission to the Prince Edward Island Provincial Government Department of Environment, Energy & Forestry. Energy Strategy Discussion Paper, May 30, 2008
  
  
• Senator Downe Congratulates Prince Edward Island Provincial Government for Approval of Digital Elevation Mapping Project, May 28, 2008
  
  
• Senator Downe Raises Awareness and Calls for Renewal of Collaboration in Climate Change Research and Action, April 3, 2008
  
  
• Senator Downe calls on Federal Government to Allocate Climate Change Crisis Funding to Prince Edward Island, (including letter to Minister of Natural Resources, dated January 18, 2008; letter to Minister of Environment, dated January 18, 2008; Environment Canada News Release, dated December 10, 2007; Environment Canada Backgrounder, dated December 10, 2007), January 24, 2008
  
  
• Follow up News Release Regarding The Impact of Rising Sea Levels on Prince Edward Island (including letter to Minister of Environment, dated April 19, 2007; response from Minister of Environment, dated October 29, 2007; follow-up Written Question tabled in the Senate, dated November 22, 2007; June 2001 Report entitled Coastal Impacts of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise on Prince Edward Island), January 7, 2008
  
  
• The Impacts of Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels on Prince Edward Island (including letter to Minister of Environment), June 18, 2007
  
  
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Correspondence with CPP Investment Board Regarding Canada’s Commercial Ties with the Military Junta in Burma:

• CPP Investment Board – Policy on Responsible Investing February 12, 2009
  
  
• CPP Investment Board – 2008 Report on Responsible Investing reporting period: July 1, 2007 – June 30, 2008
  
  
• Letter from Senator Downe to Mr. David Denison, President and Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investment Board, June 2, 2008
  
  
• Letter from Mr. David Denison, President and Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investment Board to Senator Downe, May 22, 2008
  
  
• Letter from Senator Downe to Mr. David Denison, President and Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investment Board, May 1, 2008
  
  
• Letter from Mr. David Denison, President and Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investment Board to Senator Downe, March 6, 2008
  
  
• Letter from Senator Downe to Mr. David Denison, President and Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investment Board, January 16, 2008
  
  
• Letter from Mr. David Denison, President and Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investment Board to Senator Downe, December 20, 2007
  
  
• Intervention by Senator Downe Regarding the Ongoing Violence in Burma, October 17, 2007
  
  
• Letter from Senator Downe to Mr. David Denison, President and Chief Executive Officer of CPP Investment Board, October 16, 2007