Senator Joseph A. Day

Province: New Brunswick (Saint John-Kennebecasis)
Affiliation: Liberal Party of Canada
Telephone: 613-992-0833
Fax: 613-992-1175
Email: joseph.day@sen.parl.gc.ca
Staff: McCavour, Cindy; Kuchar, Leonard; Gropp, Caitlin; Nicholson, Melanie; Napoles-Medina, Luis; Helbin, Chasse
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Biography

Senator Joseph A. Day
B. Eng. (RMC), J.D. (Queen’s), L.L.M. (Osgoode), FEC

Joseph A. Day was born in Saint John, NB, and grew up in Hampton, NB. In 1963, he arrived at Collège Militaire Royal de Saint-Jean and went on to graduate from the Royal Military College of Canada in 1968 as Best All-Round Graduate (Van der Smissen-Ridout Award) and an Outstanding College Athlete (soccer). He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Royal Military College of Canada, a Juris Doctorate from Queen’s University and a Masters of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School. He has been a member of the bars of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. As well as a Patent and Trademark Agent, he was a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geo-Scientists of New Brunswick.

On October 4, 2001, he was called to the Senate upon the recommendation of the Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien. Senator Day represents the province of New Brunswick and the Senatorial Division of Saint John-Kennebecasis.

Since June 15, 2016, Senator Day has served as the Leader of the Independent Senate Liberal Caucus. He also currently serves as Co-chair of the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations and is a member of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce and the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance. Senator Day previously served as Deputy Chair and then as Chair of the National Finance Committee for many years. In addition, he is a member of many inter-parliamentary associations, including the Canada-China Legislative Association, where he serves as Co-chair, and the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, where he holds the position of International Vice President.

His areas of interest and specialization in the Senate include: science and technology, defence, veterans’ issues, international trade, human rights, heritage and literacy. Additionally, he hosts annually an RMC Cadet visit to Parliament Hill, as well as the Royal Canadian Air Force Association’s “Air Force Day on the Hill” and the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada’s annual “World IP Day” on Parliament Hill. Senator Day was appointed Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of 722 (Saint John) Communication Squadron in January 2002 and served until November 2005.

A well-known lawyer and engineer, he has had a successful career as a private practice attorney. His legal interests include Patent and Trademark Law, and Intellectual Property issues. He has been recognized as a specialist in Intellectual Property matters by the Law Society of Upper Canada, and is a fellow of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada.

He is also an active member of his community. He has served on the Board of the Corps of Commissionaires for New Brunswick, and currently sits on the Board of the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, and the Board of the Canadian Battlefields Foundation. He is a Board member and Honourary Legal Counsel for the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award - Canada. He has also served as National President of the Royal Military Colleges Club of Canada (1996), as chair of the RMCC Foundation (1997-2000), and as a member of the RMC Board of Governors (2004-2007). He is a recent recipient of the Birchall Leadership Award.

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Interventions in the Senate Chamber

As of March 18, 2019, when video broadcasting began

Link	Date
the senate — Forty-second Parliament Acknowledgements	2019.06.21 – 13:54
routine proceedings — Agriculture and Forestry Committee Authorized to Extend Date of Final Report on Study of How the Value-added Food Sector Can be More Competitive in Global Markets	2019.06.20 – 14:04
senators’ statements — Tributes The Honourable Jacques Demers	2019.06.19 – 14:07
routine proceedings — Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association 2018 Spring Session, May 25-28, 2018--Report Tabled	2019.06.18 – 14:28
routine proceedings — Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association Standing Committee Meeting, March 23-24, 2018--Report Tabled	2019.06.18 – 14:28

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Archive of selected interventions prior to March 18, 2019

Date	Title	Related Bill	Vote
2019-06-20 Related Bill: C-69 Vote: Yea	An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts – C-69 – Motion to not insist on Senate amendments in response to message from Commons	C-69	Yea
2019-06-20 Related Bill: C-83 Vote: Yea	An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and another Act – C-83 – Motion to not insist on Senate amendments in response to message from Commons	C-83	Yea
2019-06-20 Related Bill: C-48 Vote: Yea	Oil Tanker Moratorium Act – C-48 – Motion to not insist on Senate amendments in response to message from Commons	C-48	Yea
2019-06-19 Related Bill: C-58 Vote: Nay	An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts – C-58 – Motion to not insist on Senate amendments in response to message from Commons – Amendment (Sen. Boisvenu)	C-58	Nay
2019-06-18 Related Bill: C-77 Vote: Yea	An Act to amend the National Defence Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts – C-77 – Third Reading	C-77	Yea

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Committee Membership

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The following are ex officio members of all committees except for the Standing Committee on Ethics and Conflict of Interest for Senators and the joint committees:

the Leader of the Government (Government Representative) and the Leader of the Opposition or, in the absence of either, their respective Deputy Leaders; and

Pursuant to the Order of the Senate of November 7, 2017:

the Legislative Deputy to the Government Representative or the Government Liaison, in the absence of the Government Representative; and
the leader or facilitator of any recognized party or recognized parliamentary group or, in their absence, the designated deputy leader or deputy facilitator.