After a slow start, Senate ramps up fall legislative agenda

Expect a pre-Christmas legislative push, say Senate leaders, after diversions due to committee membership negotiations.
The Senate is scheduled to return Nov. 21 and sit until Dec. 22. The government’s representative in the Senate says that schedule could be extended this December, if necessary, to complete the Upper Chamber's deliberation of priority government bills.
Despite a slow start to the fall sitting, the Senate is ramping up its legislative agenda. With a little more than a month left on the scheduled sitting calendar, the government is focused on passing its second budget bill and other key pieces of legislation before the Chamber rises at the end of t...

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