Senate amendments ‘a non-starter’: Baird

Liberal Sen. Joseph Day says the Senate will 'never' accept a single ethics officer and TB President Baird says some Senate amendments a 'non-starter'

Treasury Board Minister John Baird is holding early discussions with opposition critics to shore up support in the House of Commons so that the government can reverse key amendments to the Federal Accountability Act passed by the Senate last week.

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