Senator Yuen Pau Woo

Honourable colleagues, His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh was laid to rest on Saturday, 17 April at St. George’s Chapel  on the grounds of Windsor Castle. Many of the funeral arrangements were planned by Prince Philip himself, especially the choice of music, which included several pieces with a strong connection to his time in the navy. One such piece was “Eternal Father, Strong To Save” . This same hymn was played in Canada by the dominion carillonneur on…

As insider debates go, this one is for the cognoscenti. And yet, the issue of how seats on Senate standing committees are assigned is important for what it says about decision-making in Canada’s Upper House. A recent deadlock in negotiations on the allocation of committee seats has exposed different points of view on whether Senators should be able to retain their committee seats if they change affiliation. An agreement has been reached by the leadership of most groups in…

Senator Woo participated in the Ditchley conference focused on The new space race and its intersection with power, the rules-based order and the economy. The conference was not only about the science of space but rather how national and commercial moves in space intersect with other technologies, political power, a rules-based order and the economy.