Senate’s treatment of bills could be an issue in next election campaign, opposition MPs claim

Tory-dominated Senate recently killed a climate-change private member’s bill and more private members’ bill are heading to the Upper Chamber. One Conservative pundit is suggesting how the government treats these bills could be an issue in the next election. 

PARLIAMENT HILL—A conflict that centres on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s pledge on Senate reform and government-opposed private members’ bills that are in or are heading to the Upper Chamber from the Commons could have an impact on voters in the coming federal election, opposi...

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