Government, Senate trade parting shots as Parliament adjourns for summer

Parliament has risen for the summer, after tension between the two chambers bubbled up at the end. Chagger calls it a ‘period of transition.’

Government House Leader Bardish Chagger, Conservative House leader Candice Bergen, and NDP House leader Murray Rankin unanimously agreed to rise early on Wednesday, June 21. The House will resume sitting on Monday, Sept. 18. The Hill Times Photographs by Jake Wright and Rachel Aiello

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

June 26, 2017

When Parliament resumes in the fall the dynamics between the House and Senate could take centre stage after the spring sitting ended with a test of wills between the institutions over the role the Senate has in amending legislation. Tweaking proposed laws is something the Senate has been doing more...

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