Liberal Senators fear Tories will turn Senate into carbon copy of House

Liberal Senators will lose majority control of committees for first time in a generation.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Senate appointments will not give the Conservatives a majority in the Upper House, but it will give them control of Senate committees and Liberal Senators say they fear the Tory leadership will whip Senators into a carbon copy of the House of Commons.

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