Senate likely to rise this week, not expecting new bills from House, says Independent leader McCoy

More drama for the government's budget legislation, and more squabbling over the anthem bill set the stage for the final few days.

Governor General David Johnston, centre, oversaw a ceremony to grant royal assent to six bills in the Senate Monday night, alongside House Leader Bardish Chagger, left, and Government Senate Representative Peter Harder, right. Canadian Press photograph by Fred Chartrand

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

June 21, 2017

The Senate is on track to rise at the end of the week, if it can work through hotly debated bills on indigenous registration and the federal budget, says the facilitator of the Independent Senators Group. “People are keen to go ...

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