Tag: Parliament of Canada Act

Here Are the Bills, Big and Small, That Politicians Will Be Looking at Next Year

Parliament has begun a lengthy winter break, but more than a hundred bills are still on the table and ready to be picked up when lawmakers return to Ottawa in late January. Some are major Liberal priorities. Others are government promises left languishing on the table. And dozens were proposed by individual senators or members…


Bill Aims to Legally Recognize Evolution to More Independent, Less Partisan Senate

OTTAWA—The Trudeau government is moving to legally recognize the evolution of Canada’s Senate into a more independent, non−partisan chamber of sober second thought. It has introduced a government bill in the Senate, which is now on its way through the upper house with the support of all four Senate groups. It may be in for…