Grit Senators won’t back down on ethics bill

'I'm going to have a very hard time obviously, I didn't support the bill': Grit Senator Anne Cools

Some of the Senators who defied their own government last fall in a dramatic vote that amended and effectively killed a bill to create independent ethics watchdogs for both Chambers of Parliament, are saying they plan to push for the same changes when the bill is revived next month.

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