Debate on joint House, Senate security limited to six hours in Upper Chamber
Despite the government haste in passing the motion through both Houses of Parliament, there could be lengthy negotiations between RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson and Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer and Senate Speaker Pierre-Claude Nolin, before a contract to put the RCMP in charge is reached.
PARLIAMENT HILL—Senate Liberals are questioning the government’s use of closure in both the Senate and the House of Commons to rush through a historic motion that will eventually hand over command of Parliament’s security forces to the RCMP and, the opposition says, threaten Pa...
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