Grit Sen. Austin’s ethics compromise falls flat

Senators no closer to reaching a consensus on legislation to create ethics watchdog

Jack Austin, the government's leader in the Senate, finally unveiled his compromise to allay the many concerns expressed by the 21 Liberal Senators who amended and temporarily killed the Liberals' ethics bill last fall.

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