Senators under gun to be more partisan, says Senator

Conservative Sen. David Tkachuk says he expects Prime Minister Stephen Harper will fill vacant Senate seats next month.

The Prime Minister is expected to fill the vacancies in the Senate next month, but Manitoba Progressive Conservative Senator Elaine McCoy says since the minority Conservative government came to power in 2006 the pressure is on Senators to act in a more partisan way, and to toe their party lines, ...

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