Senate committee ‘divided’ over House privilege case

Senators must decide whether to support House's appeal to Supreme Court of Canada

The Senate's Rules, Procedures and Rights of Parliament Committee is deeply divided over whether or not the Human Rights Act applies to Parliament Hill employees, as it reviews the sensational case of whether the House of Commons was right to block former House Speaker Gilbert Parent's fired chau...

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