Individual Senators’ votes aren’t recorded on nearly two-thirds of government bills

Of 51 government bills passed to date, 32 don’t have any reference to how individual Senators voted at any stage in the Senate Chamber.

Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran says she plans to call for more standing votes when the Red Chamber returns in September, so the record better reflects where individuals sided on legislation. How Senators voted on 32 pieces of legislation isn't recorded, out of 51 government bills that have achieved royal assent this ParliamentThe Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN, SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

July 25, 2018

Senators' individual votes in the Upper Chamber on nearly two-thirds of government bills to date are not part of the public record, but Independent Senator Marilou McPhedran is promising to push for more standing votes in response to what she calls a “lack of trans...

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