‘Profoundly disappointed’: Senate Liberal leader tears into Trudeau over...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he wanted a more independent Senate, and he’s getting it in spades now. On Wednesday, the Senate Liberal leader hammered Trudeau over the government’s omnibus budget...
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Senators debating changes to national anthem bicker over divisive ‘us’ as...
OTTAWA — A one-line piece of legislation to make the national anthem gender-neutral devolved into an argument about grammar and national unity in the Senate this week. Proponents are still hoping to...
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‘There will be no vote’: Conservative senators successfully delay new lyrics...
OTTAWA — Conservative senators are pulling out all the stops to prevent the lyrics of the national anthem from being changed before Canada Day. A bill now before the Senate, initiated by the late...
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With House, Senate disagreeing over bill, judge rules against deadline...
OTTAWA — A Quebec Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday against giving the federal government more time to pass court-mandated changes to the Indian Act that would prevent sex-based discrimination. The...
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Andrew Coyne: Commons could use some sober second thought of its own over...
Monday the Senate came within a vote of splitting the budget bill in two, after a senator who had been leaning in favour of the amendment decided at the last minute to abstain. Appetite whetted,...
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Beavers bicker a little less in revised edition of Senate’s Wise Owls...
OTTAWA — The bickering beavers and foxes of the forest are feuding a little less in a revised version of the Senate’s own children’s book. Wise owls, supposed to represent senators, are still the...
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Caitlyn Jenner is looking into running for Senate
Caitlyn Jenner went from the Olympics to reality television to . . . politics? That’s a strong possibility, according to the 1976 gold medal-winning decathlete, who told conservative talk radio host...
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Christie Blatchford: Mike Duffy may have a point in lawsuit against the Senate
It is always like this with Mike Duffy, the beleaguered Senator from Prince Edward Island — he invariably paints himself as high-minded, but consistently acts low. Thursday from Ottawa, the 71-year-old...
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Twitter criticism referring to husband’s suicide crosses line, senator says
By Jordan Press OTTAWA — Sen. Denise Batters was minutes from boarding a flight home when she noticed two-day old Twitter posts that said she was only in the upper chamber because her husband killed...
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With key Liberal bills on the way, Senate independents gain more sway in new...
OTTAWA — With senators increasingly holding greater-than-ever sway over the outcome of government legislation, a source confirms the Senate’s three formal caucuses will announce, on Thursday, an...
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Here’s all the Canadian senators who just awarded themselves a medal meant to...
The Senate of Canada Sesquicentennial Medal may have been created to honour “unsung heroes,” but the senate also managed to generously award the decoration to its own. Of 1,500 medals struck by the...
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Roy Moore turns refusal to concede defeat into a crusade against moral...
A day after losing the Senate race in Alabama to Democrat Doug Jones, Roy Moore has issued a new statement refusing to concede the election. But it wasn’t your typical post-election statement. It was a...
View ArticleSen. Lynn Beyak booted from Conservative caucus over ’racist’ post on website
OTTAWA — Sen. Lynn Beyak, who famously declared “some good” came out of Canada’s residential schools, was removed from the Conservative Party caucus after refusing to remove a “racist” comment from her...
View ArticleSenate seeks to be removed from $7.8M lawsuit filed by Mike Duffy, claims...
OTTAWA — The Senate wants an Ottawa judge to remove it from a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by Sen. Mike Duffy, arguing that the upper chamber is protected by parliamentary privilege. Duffy is...
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Six-fold increase in Senate lobbying under Trudeau, with independents taking...
OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s vision for a less-partisan Senate takes shape, independent senators are now the most likely to be lobbied by special interest groups. Lobbyists communicated...
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What has the Senate ever done for us, really?
As early as 1875, Canadians have nurtured the following thoughts: Why do we have a Senate, and can it please go away? This sentiment was most recently aroused by the cringe-worthy spectacle of confused...
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Tories swinging ‘wrecking ball’ at efforts for independent, less partisan...
OTTAWA — The government representative in the Senate is accusing Conservative senators of deliberately trying to sabotage Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s efforts to turn the upper house into a less...
View ArticleTrudeau finds out what more-independent Senate is capable of as...
OTTAWA — In what will be remembered as a historic precedent, the Senate is defying the House of Commons and insisting to amendments on an omnibus transportation bill. It’s been 12 years since the...
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He once called him a ‘phoney,’ but now Mitt Romney says Trump will be...
PARK CITY, Utah — On the edge of a mountaintop in Utah, it’s getting complicated for Mitt Romney. With the sun setting over his shoulder, the former Republican presidential nominee and would-be senator...
View ArticleSenators consider showdown over home-grown cannabis as pot legalization looms
OTTAWA — Senators are weighing the pros and cons of a showdown with the House of Commons over the government’s rejection of a number of Senate amendments to the cannabis legalization bill, including...
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